FlaK of the archaeonMethanococcus maripaludispossesses preflagellin peptidase activity.
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- 1 February 2002
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Letters
- Vol. 208 (1) , 53-59
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.2002.tb11060.x
Abstract
Archaeal flagellins are initially synthesized as preflagellins with a short, positively charged leader peptide, which is cleaved prior to the incorpoKeywords
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