The TatA subunit of Escherichia coli twin-arginine translocase has an N-in topology

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 7396-7404

  Chan, Catherine S ^a   Zlomislic, Marian R ^a   Tieleman, D Peter ^a   Turner, Raymond J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE MUTANTS; CYTOPLASMIC MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR MODELS; TWIN-ARGININE TRANSLOCASE (TAT) SYSTEM;

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; COMPLEXATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTAGENESIS; OLIGOMERS;

ENZYMES;

4 ACETAMIDO 4' ISOTHIOCYANATOSTILBENE 2,2' DISULFONIC ACID; ARGININE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBONYL CYANIDE CHLOROPHENYLHYDRAZONE; CARRIER PROTEIN; COPPER DERIVATIVE; CYSTEINE; GLYCINE; MALEIMIDE DERIVATIVE; MUTANT PROTEIN; OLIGOMER; PHENANTHROLINE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; REAGENT; THREONINE; TWIN ARGININE TRANSLOCASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

CARBONYL CYANIDE M-CHLOROPHENYL HYDRAZONE; CYSTEINE; CYTOPLASM; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HISTIDINE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; UNCOUPLING AGENTS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34250821089     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi7005288     Document Type: Article

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