Negatively charged amino acid residues play an active role in orienting the Sec-independent Pf3 coat protein in the Escherichia coli inner membrane

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2197-2204

  Kiefer, Dorothee ^a,c   Hu, Xintong ^b   Dalbey, Ross ^b   Kuhn, Andreas ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Membrane insertion; Membrane potential; Orientation; Phage Pf3; Protein translocation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COAT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CAPSID; CAPSID PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PSEUDOMONAS PHAGES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PHAGE PF3;

EID: 0030953689     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.9.2197     Document Type: Article

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