SecY and SecA interact to allow SecA insertion and protein translocation across the Escherichia coli plasma membrane

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 6384-6393

  Matsumoto, Gen ^a   Yoshihisa, Tohru ^a,b   Ito, Koreaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Protein translocation; SecA insertion; SecY; Suppressor mutation; Translocation channel

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ALLELES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030782388     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.21.6384     Document Type: Article

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