Identification of a novel zinc metalloprotease through a global analysis of Clostridium difficile extracellular proteins

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Cafardi, Valeria ^a   Biagini, Massimiliano ^a   Martinelli, Manuele ^a   Leuzzi, Rosanna ^a   Rubino, Jeffrey T ^b   Cantini, Francesca ^b   Norais, Nathalie ^a   Scarselli, Maria ^a   Serruto, Davide ^a   Unnikrishnan, Meera ^a  

^a NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; EXOPROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRONECTIN; HYDROLASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ZMP1 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEOMICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SUPERNATANT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FIBRINOGEN; FIBROBLASTS; FIBRONECTINS; HUMANS; METALLOPROTEASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEOLYSIS; PROTEOMICS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ZINC;

EID: 84896731074     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081306     Document Type: Article

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