BRUCELLA-ABORTUS CATALASE IS A PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN LACKING A STANDARDSIGNAL SEQUENCE

Authors
SHA ZY STABEL TJ MAYFIELD JE
Citation
Zy. Sha et al., BRUCELLA-ABORTUS CATALASE IS A PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN LACKING A STANDARDSIGNAL SEQUENCE, Journal of bacteriology, 176(23), 1994, pp. 7375-7377
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of bacteriology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219193
Volume
176
Issue
23
Year of publication
1994
Pages
7375 - 7377
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9193(1994)176:23<7375:BCIAPP>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
A periplasmic catalase has been purified and cloned from Brucella abor tus. The functional enzyme is a tetramer with a subunit molecular weig ht of 55,000. All evidence indicates that a typical N-terminal signal sequence is not associated with the export of this protein to the peri plasm.