Molecular basis of preprotein targeting and translocation through the sel secretion system
Abstract
More than 30% of the bacterial proteome functions in the cell periphery or outside the cell it is produced. For that reason an array of sixteen systems that transport membrane and secretory proteins has been produced during evolution. Of these, only the Sec secretion pathway is ubiquitous and essential for life. The majority of the secretory proteins destined for the periplasm or the outer bacterial membrane, by-pass the inner membrane through the Sec translocase. Translocase holoenzyme consists of a SecYEG preprotein conducting channel and an ATPase, SecA. The preprotein conducting channel transports the polypeptides to the periplasm or place them into the lipid bilayer. The ATPase pushes processively the polypeptide chains into the channel through multiple rounds of ATP hydrolysis. In this study we have focused on the way that preproteins are targeted to the Sec-translocase and eventually get secreted. We have developed the proper substrates and established that secretory preproteins ...
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