INTERMOLECULAR DEGRADATION OF SIGNAL PEPTIDASE-I INVITRO

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作者
TALARICO, TL [1 ]
DEV, IK [1 ]
BASSFORD, PJ [1 ]
RAY, PH [1 ]
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[1] UNIV N CAROLINA,SCH MED,DEPT MICROBIOL & IMMUNOL,CHAPEL HILL,NC 27514
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10.1016/0006-291X(91)91240-D
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Highly purified preparations of signal peptidase I (36 kDa) were found to undergo an apparent inter-autocatalytic degradation at 4°C and 37° C. The disappearance of the 36 kDa protein coincided with the stable appearance of a 31 kDa and a 5 kDa species. Amino-terminal sequencing of the 31 kDa product indicated a site specific cleavage following Ala38-Gln-Ala of signal peptidase I. The 31 kDa fragment was purified and shown to have 100-fold less activity than the native enzyme, with pre-maltose binding protein as a substrate. © 1991.
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