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The metalloprotease of Listeria monocytogenes is activated by intramolecular autocatalysis.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jan 2008
Bitar Alan Pavinski, Cao Min, Marquis Hélène
Abstract excerpt
The metalloprotease (Mpl) of Listeria monocytogenes is a thermolysin-like protease that mediates the maturation of a broad-range phospholipase C, whose function contributes to the ability of this food-borne bacterial pathogen to survive intracellularly. Mpl is made as a proprotein that undergoes maturation by proteolytic cleavage of a large N-terminal prodomain. In this study, we identified the N terminus of...
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