A genetic screen for suppressors of Escherichia coli Tat signal peptide mutations establishes a critical role for the second arginine within the twin-arginine motif

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 107-112

  Buchanan, Grant ^a   Sargent, Frank ^b   Berks, Ben C ^c   Palmer, Tracy ^a,b  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Suppression mutagenesis; Tat protein export pathway; TMAO reductase; Twin arginine signal peptide

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; BENZYLVIOLOGEN; GLYCEROL; LYSINE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC SCREENING; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036136514     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-001-0366-2     Document Type: Article

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