Secretion of Bacterial Lipoproteins: Through the Cytoplasmic Membrane, the Periplasm and Beyond

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research

Volumn 1843, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1509-1516

  Zückert, Wolfram R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial envelope; Chaperone; Lipoprotein; Membrane protein; Postranslational modification; Protein secretion

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIUM LIPOPROTEIN; CHAPERONE; DIACYLGLYCEROL; LIPOPROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDASE II; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; LIPOPROTEIN SECRETION; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIAL ENVELOPE; CHAPERONE; LIPOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POSTRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATION; PROTEIN SECRETION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; LIPOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PERIPLASM; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEINS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS;

EID: 84902276774     PISSN: 01674889     EISSN: 18792596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2014.04.022     Document Type: Review

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