Mechanistic aspects of folded protein transport by the twin arginine translocase (Tat)

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 290, Issue 27, 2015, Pages 16530-16538

  Cline, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ARGININE; MACHINERY;

BI-LAYER; FOLDED PROTEINS; MECHANISTIC ASPECTS; PORE FORMING; PROTON-MOTIVE FORCES; RECEPTOR COMPLEX; TRANSLOCASES; TWIN-ARGININE TRANSLOCASE (TAT);

PROTEINS;

CARRIER PROTEIN; PROTEIN TATA; PROTEIN TATB; PROTEIN TATC; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TWIN ARGININE TRANSLOCASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; TWIN-ARGININE TRANSLOCASE COMPLEX, E COLI;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; BINDING AFFINITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE; RECEPTOR BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84936802431     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.R114.626820     Document Type: Article

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