Enough is enough: TatA demand during Tat-dependent protein transport

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research

Volumn 1833, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 957-965

  Hauer, René Steffen ^a   Schlesier, René ^a   Heilmann, Kathleen ^a   Dittmar, Julia ^a   Jakob, Mario ^a   Klösgen, Ralf Bernd ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cooperative effect; Heterologous overexpression; Protein purification; Thylakoid membrane; Transport mechanism; Twin arginine translocation

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TWIN ARGININE TRANSLOCATION A PROTEIN; TWIN ARGININE TRANSLOCATION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; THYLAKOID MEMBRANE; WILD TYPE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ARGININE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; THYLAKOIDS;

EID: 84874345859     PISSN: 01674889     EISSN: 18792596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2013.01.030     Document Type: Article

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