Pseudomonas aeruginosa possesses two putative type i signal peptidases, LepB and PA1303, each with distinct roles in physiology and virulence

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 4521-4536

  Waite, Richard D ^a   Rose, Ruth S ^b   Rangarajan, Minnie ^a   Aduse Opoku, Joseph ^a   Hashim, Ahmed ^a   Curtis, Michael A ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; ELASTASE; LACTONE; LASB ELASTASE; LEPB PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PA1303 PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RHAMNOLIPID; SIGNAL PEPTIDASE I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTOLYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEOMICS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84866309644     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06678-11     Document Type: Article

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