Reconstitution of functionally efficient SecA-dependent protein-conducting channels: Transformation of low-affinity SecA-liposome channels to high-affinity SecA-SecYEG-SecDF·YajC channels

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 431, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 388-392

  Hsieh, Ying hsin ^a   Zhang, Hao ^a   Wang, Hongyun ^a,c   Yang, Hsiuchin ^a   Jiang, Chun ^a   Sui, Sen fang ^b   Tai, Phang C ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Protein translocation; Sec translocation; SecA; SecYEG

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN SECA; PROTEIN SECDF; PROTEIN SECYEG; PROTEIN YAJC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECRETION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; ION CHANNELS; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84873742767     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.01.042     Document Type: Article

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