GENE FUSION ANALYSIS OF MEMBRANE-PROTEIN TOPOLOGY - A DIRECT COMPARISON OF ALKALINE-PHOSPHATASE AND BETA-LACTAMASE FUSIONS

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作者
PRINZ, WA [1 ]
BECKWITH, J [1 ]
机构
[1] HARVARD UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT MICROBIOL & MOLEC GENET,BOSTON,MA 02115
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10.1128/jb.176.20.6410-6413.1994
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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To compare two approaches to analyzing membrane protein topology, a number of alkaline phosphatase fusions to membrane proteins were converted to beta-lactamase fusions. While some alkaline phosphatase fusions near the N terminus of cytoplasmic loops of membrane proteins have anomalously high levels of activity, the equivalent beta-lactamase fusions do not. This disparity may reflect differences in the folding of beta-lactamase and alkaline phosphatase in the cytoplasm.
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页码:6410 / 6413
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