The Xenopus laevis Atg4B protease: Insights into substrate recognition and application for tag removal from proteins expressed in pro- and eukaryotic hosts

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Frey, Steffen ^a   Görlich, Dirk ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATG4B PROTEASE; BDNEDP1 PROTEASE; BDSENP1 PROTEASE; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XUSP2 PROTEASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TEV PROTEASE; UBIQUITIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL; AUTOPHAGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; WHEAT;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TOBACCO ETCH VIRUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; PROTEOLYSIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRITICUM; UBIQUITIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84928709529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125099     Document Type: Article

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