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The Rz1 gene product of bacteriophage lambda is a lipoprotein localized in the outer membrane of Escherichia coli.
Gene - 2 Feb 1996
Kedzierska S, Wawrzynów A, Taylor A
Abstract excerpt
The Rz1 gene of bacteriophage lambda is located within the Rz1 lysis gene. It codes for the 6.5-kDa prolipoprotein (Rz1) which undergoes N-terminal signal sequence cleavage and post-translational lipid modification of the N-terminal Cys of the mature protein. Globomycin, the antibiotic which inhibits bacterial signal peptidase II, specific for prolipoproteins containing diacylglyceryl cysteine [Hayashi and Wu, J....
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