PORPHYROMONAS-GINGIVALIS - A PROTEINASE GENE ACCOUNTING AUDIT

被引:86
作者
POTEMPA, J
PAVLOFF, N
TRAVIS, J
机构
[1] JAGIELLONIAN UNIV,INST MOLEC BIOL,DEPT MICROBIOL & IMMUNOL,PL-31120 KRAKOW,POLAND
[2] LXR BIOTECHNOL INC,RICHMOND,CA 94804
[3] UNIV GEORGIA,DEPT BIOCHEM,ATHENS,GA 30602
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10.1016/S0966-842X(00)88996-9
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Analysis of the available data on the Porphyromonas gingivalis proteinase system suggests that at most three different genes encode arginine-X- and lysine-X-specific cysteine proteinases. These are synthesized as polyproteins containing a prepropeptide, a catalytic domain and a hemagglutinin domain. Post-translational processing of each precursor is responsible for the variety of proteinase forms that are seen.
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