A molecular switch in SecA protein couples ATP hydrolysis to protein translocation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1133-1145

  Karamanou, Spyridoula ^a   Vrontou, Eleftheria ^a   Sianidis, George ^a   Baud, Catherine ^a   Roos, Tilmann ^d   Kuhn, Andreas ^d   Politou, Anastasia S ^a   Economou, Anastassios ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b MINOTECH biotechnology   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN SECA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033428711     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01686.x     Document Type: Article

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