The Plug Domain of the SecY Protein Stabilizes the Closed State of the Translocation Channel and Maintains a Membrane Seal

Molecular Cell

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 511-521

  Li, Weikai ^a,b   Schulman, Sol ^a,b   Boyd, Dana ^b   Erlandson, Karl ^a,b   Beckwith, Jon ^b   Rapoport, Tom A ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

PROTEINS

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; SECY PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; METHANOCOCCUS; METHIONINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 34248523155     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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