Signal peptide hydrophobicity is critical for early stages in protein export by Bacillus subtilis

FEBS Journal

Volumn 272, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 4617-4630

  Zanen, Geeske ^a   Houben, Edith N G ^b   Meima, Rob ^b,d   Tjalsma, Harold ^c,e   Jongbloed, Jan D H ^c,f   Westers, Helga ^a,c   Oudega, Bauke ^b   Luirink, Joen ^b   Van Dijl, Jan Maarten ^a,f   Quax, Wim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d DSM FOOD SPECIALTIES   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Protein targeting; Protein translocation; Signal peptide; SRP; Trigger factor

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMYLASE; AMYQ ENZYME; LEUCINE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CROSS LINKING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RIBOSOME;

ALANINE; ALPHA-AMYLASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LEUCINE; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 25444469992     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04777.x     Document Type: Article

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