Structure of the TatC core of the twin-arginine protein transport system

Nature

Volumn 492, Issue 7428, 2012, Pages 210-214

  Rollauer, Sarah E ^a,b   Tarry, Michael J ^c,f   Graham, James E ^a,b,g   Jääskeläinen, Mari ^c   Jäger, Franziska ^d   Johnson, Steven ^a   Krehenbrink, Martin ^b   Liu, Sai Man ^a,b   Lukey, Michael J ^a,b,h   Marcoux, Julien ^e   McDowell, Melanie A ^a   Rodriguez, Fernanda ^b   Roversi, Pietro ^a,i   Stansfeld, Phillip J ^b   Robinson, Carol V ^e   Sansom, Mark S P ^b   Palmer, Tracy ^d   Högbom, Martin ^c   Berks, Ben C ^b   Lea, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

ⁱ CIC BIOGUNE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN TATC; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; CHLOROPLAST; CYTOPLASM; MEMBRANE; PROTEIN;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TWIN ARGININE PROTEIN TRANSPORT SYSTEM;

AQUIFOLIACEAE; BINDING SITES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84871007356     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11683     Document Type: Article

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