Lipidation of the autotransporter NalP of neisseria meningitidis is required for its function in the release of cell-surface-exposed proteins

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 286-295

  Roussel Jazédé, Virginie ^a   Grijpstra, Jan ^a   van Dam, Vincent ^a   Tommassen, Jan ^a   van Ulsen, Peter ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; NALP PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CATALYSIS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KINETICS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; WILD TYPE;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CYSTEINE; KINETICS; LIPID METABOLISM; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTANT PROTEINS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 84873633107     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.063982-0     Document Type: Article

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