Chloroplast SecA and Escherichia coli SecA have distinct lipid and signal peptide preferences

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1171-1175

  Sun, Changqi ^a,b   Rusch, Sharyn L ^a   Kim, Jinoh ^a,c   Kendall, Debra A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GALACTOLIPID; LIPID; PROTEIN SECA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIPID VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYLAKOID;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GALACTOLIPIDS; LIPIDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROLS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33846611601     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01589-06     Document Type: Article

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