Cell-free production of integral membrane aspartic acid proteases reveals zinc-dependent methyltransferase activity of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa prepilin peptidase PilD

MicrobiologyOpen

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 94-104

  Aly, Khaled A ^a,b   Beebe, Emily T ^a   Chan, Chi H ^a   Goren, Michael A ^a,c   Sepúlveda, Carolina ^a   Makino, Shin Ichi ^a   Fox, Brian G ^a   Forest, Katrina T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

In vitro translation; Liposome; S adenosyl methionine; Type II secretion; Type IV pili

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; INTEGRAL MEMBRANE ASPARTIC ACID PROTEASE; LIPOSOME; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PILIN; PROTEIN FLAB2; PROTEIN FLAK; PROTEIN PILA; PROTEIN PILD; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; METHANOCOCCUS VOLTAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SOLUBILIZATION; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPARTIC ACID PROTEASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; COENZYMES; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ZINC;

EID: 84888112788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20458827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.51     Document Type: Article

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