Two SecG molecules present in a single protein translocation machinery are functional even after crosslinking

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 129-137

  Nagamori, Shushi ^a   Nishiyama, Ken Ichi ^a   Tokuda, Hajime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cysteine mutagenesis; E. coli; Protein translocation; SecG; Sulfhydryl reagent

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033929571     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022723     Document Type: Article

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