Structure of TatA paralog, TatE, suggests a structurally homogeneous form of Tat protein translocase that transports folded proteins of differing diameter

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 7335-7344

  Baglieri, Jacopo ^a   Beck, Daniel ^a   Vasisht, Nishi ^a   Smith, Corinne J ^a   Robinson, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE-NATIVE ELECTROPHORESIS; CURRENT MODELS; DISCRETE COMPLEXES; ELECTRON MICROGRAPH; FOLDED PROTEINS; GEL FILTRATION; HOMOGENEOUS FORMS; OR CHANNELS; PARALOGS; SINGLE-PARTICLE; SIZE VARIATION; SUBSTRATE-BINDING; SYSTEM TRANSPORT; TAT PROTEIN; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; THYLAKOID MEMBRANES; TRANSLOCASES; TWIN-ARGININE TRANSLOCATIONS;

AMINO ACIDS; COALESCENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEINS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SUBSTRATES;

AMIA PROTEIN; AMIC PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MICROORGANISM PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; TRIMETHYLAMINE N OXIDE REDUCTASE A PROTEIN; TWIN ARGININE TRANSLOCATION A PROTEIN; TWIN ARGININE TRANSLOCATION E PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GEL FILTRATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TWIN ARGININE TRANSLOCATION E GENE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

AMIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84863229364     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.326355     Document Type: Article

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