Autoproteolysis and Intramolecular Dissociation of Yersinia YscU Precedes Secretion of Its C-Terminal Polypeptide YscUCC

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Frost, Stefan ^a   Ho, Oanh ^a   Login, Frédéric H ^a   Weise, Christoph F ^a   Wolf Watz, Hans ^a   Wolf Watz, Magnus ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CALCIUM; MUTANT PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YERSINIA OUTER PROTEIN; YSCU PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOPROTEOLYSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CALCIUM DEPLETION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAMOLECULAR DISSOCIATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; WILD TYPE; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CALCIUM; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DENSITOMETRY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEOLYSIS; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TEMPERATURE; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EUKARYOTA; YERSINIA;

EID: 84869809433     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049349     Document Type: Article

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