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The prpR1 and prR2 arginine-specific protease genes of Porphyromonas gingivalis W50 produce five biochemically distinct enzymes.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Mar 1997
Rangarajan M, Aduse-Opoku J, Slaney J M, Young K A, Curtis M A
Abstract excerpt
The arginine-specific protease activity of Porphyromonas gingivalis is considered to be an important factor in the pathogenic potential of this organism in destructive periodontal disease. Multiple forms of closely related Arg-x proteases are present in the culture supernatants of P. gingivalis W50. RI is a heterodimer (alpha/beta) in which the catalytic alpha chain is associated with a second beta chain which...
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