Clostridium difficile cell wall protein CwpV undergoes enzyme-independent intramolecular autoproteolysis

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1538-1544

  Dembek, Marcin ^a   Reynolds, Catherine B ^a   Fairweather, Neil F ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL FREE PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; CELL SURFACES; CELL WALL PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COFACTORS; ECONOMIC PRESSURES; HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM; HETERODIMERIC COMPLEXES; NONCOVALENT; NUCLEOPHILIC ATTACK; PROTEIN FOLDS; S-LAYER PROTEINS; S-LAYERS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

CELL MEMBRANES; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEALTH CARE; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; N4 (BETA N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYL)ASPARAGINASE; PROTEIN CWPV; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOPROTEOLYSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOPHILICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PROTEOLYSIS;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 84855483719     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.302463     Document Type: Article

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