The core TatABC complex of the twin-arginine translocase in Escherichia coli: TatC drives assembly whereas TatA is essential for stability

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 345, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 415-423

  Mangels, Dorothea ^a   Mathers, Joanne ^a   Bolhuis, Albert ^a   Robinson, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

membrane protein biogenesis; protein transport; signal peptide; TatABC; twin arginine translocase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CORE PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; ISOENZYME; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TWIN ARGININE TRANSLOCASE A; TWIN ARGININE TRANSLOCASE B; TWIN ARGININE TRANSLOCASE C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 9644273939     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.10.043     Document Type: Article

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