PrlA4 prevents the rejection of signal sequence defective preproteins by stabilizing the SecA-SecY interaction during the initiation of translocation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 3631-3639

  Van Der Wolk, Jeroen P W ^a   Fekkes, Peter ^a   Boorsma, Andre ^a   Huie, Janet L ^b   Silhavy, Thomas J ^b   Driessen, Arnold J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Proof reading; SecA; SecY; Signal sequence

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS;

EID: 0032125782     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.13.3631     Document Type: Article

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