The first nonradioactive fluorescence assay for phosphatidylglycerol: prolipoprotein diacylglyceryl transferase that initiates bacterial lipoprotein biosynthesis

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 423, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 163-170

  Sundaram, Srividhya ^a   Banerjee, Sanchari ^a   Sankaran, Krishnan ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial lipid modification; Coupled enzyme assay; Enzyme characterization; Peptide substrate; Prolipoprotein diacylglyceryl transferase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; GLYCEROL; PEPTIDES; PHOSPHATASES;

BACTERIAL LIPID MODIFICATION; ENZYME ASSAYS; ENZYME CHARACTERIZATION; PEPTIDE SUBSTRATES; PROLIPOPROTEIN DIACYLGLYCERYL TRANSFERASE;

FLUORESCENCE;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYSTEINE; DIHYDROXYACETONE; GLYCEROL DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCEROPHOSPHATE; METHIONYLLYSYLALANYLTHREONYLLYSYLSERYLALANYLVALYLGLYCYLSERYLTHREONYLLEUCYLALANYLGLYCYLCYSTEINYLSERYLSERYLHISTIDYLHISTIDYLHISTIDYLHISTIDYLHISTIDYLHISTIDINE; PEPTIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PROLIPOPROTEIN DIACYLGLYCERYL TRANSFERASE; RESAZURIN; RESORUFIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FLUORESCENCE; LIPOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RADIOACTIVITY; REDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84857406182     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2012.01.018     Document Type: Article

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