Rhizobial peptidase HrrP cleaves host-encoded signaling peptides and mediates symbiotic compatibility

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 49, 2015, Pages 15244-15249

  Price, Paul A ^a   Tanner, Houston R ^a   Dillon, Brett A ^a   Shabab, Mohammed ^b   Walker, Graham C ^b   Griffitts, Joel S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Metallopeptidase; NCR peptides; Nitrogen fixation; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

HOST RANGE RESTRICTION PEPTIDASE; PEPTIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BARREL MEDIC; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE; GENETIC CODE; GENOTYPE; HOST RANGE; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RHIZOBIACEAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEOLYSIS; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84949255250     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1417797112     Document Type: Article

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