Specificity and role of the Borrelia burgdorferi CtpA protease in outer membrane protein processing

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 5759-5765

  Kumru, Ozan S ^a,d   Bunikis, Ignas ^a,b,e   Sorokina, Irina ^c   Bergström, Sven ^b   Zückert, Wolfram R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Midwest Bio Services   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CTPA PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; OSPC PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PORIN; PORIN P13; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CARBOXYPEPTIDASES; LIPOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PORINS; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

EID: 80053599548     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05622-11     Document Type: Article

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