The PrlA and PrlG phenotypes are caused by a loosened association among the translocase SecYEG subunits

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3263-3270

  Duong, Franck ^a,b   Wickner, William ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I2BC   (France)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Preprotein translocase; prl mutants; Protonmotive force; SecA; SecYEG; Subunit association

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ALLELES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, SUPPRESSOR; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTON-MOTIVE FORCE; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033564538     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.12.3263     Document Type: Article

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