The collagenase activity ofPorphyromonas gingivalisis due to Arg-gingipain
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The collagenase activity of Porphyromonas gingivalis is due to Arg-gingipain.
Degradation of type I collagen by Porphyromonas gingivalis was monitored by fluorogenic, sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), and growth assays. All three assays showed that inactivation of both the rgpA and rgpB genes was necessary to completely eliminate the capacity of P. gingivalis to cleave type I collagen. Leupeptin, an Arg-gingipain-specific protease inhi...
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عنوان ژورنال: FEMS Microbiology Letters
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0378-1097,1574-6968
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1097(03)00178-2