title: Putative signal peptide on the small subunit of the periplasmic hydrogenase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris.
abstract: We sequenced the NH2 terminus of the large and small subunits of the periplasmic hydrogenase from the sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio vulgaris (Hildenborough) and found that the small subunit lacks a region of 34 NH4-terminal amino acids coded by the gene for the small subunit (G. Voordouw and S. Brenner, Eur. J. Biochem. 148:515-520, 1985). We suggest that this region constitutes a signal peptide based on comparison with known procaryotic signal peptides.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D001692:Biological Transport; D002451:Cell Compartmentation; D003901:Desulfovibrio / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006864:Hydrogenase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals; D006864:Hydrogenase