Legionella pneumophila zinc metalloprotease is structurally and functionally homologous to Pseudomonas aeruginosa elastase
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Legionella pneumophila zinc metalloprotease is structurally and functionally homologous to Pseudomonas aeruginosa elastase.
The sequence of the structural gene encoding the Legionella pneumophila extracellular zinc metalloprotease has been determined and was found to possess a single large open reading frame (ORF) of 1,629 nucleotides (nt). This ORF was preceded by consensus promoter (TTAACT . . . 17 nt . . . TATAAC) and ribosome-binding (TAAGGAG) sequences. The deduced polypeptide contained a putative signal sequen...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Bacteriology
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0021-9193,1098-5530
DOI: 10.1128/jb.172.5.2608-2613.1990