title: Identification and solubilization of a signal peptidase from the phototrophic bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus.
abstract: In Gram-negative bacteria, exported proteins are synthesized with an amino-terminal signal sequence which is cleaved off by the signal peptidase during, or shortly after the translocation process. Here, we report the identification and solubilization of a signal peptidase from the phototrophic bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus which cleaves homologous and heterologous precursor proteins at the authentic cleavage site. This signal peptidase is the first identified component of the R. capsulatus protein export machinery.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry, University of Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wieseler
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schiltz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Müller
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D010450:Endopeptidases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016354:Rhodobacter capsulatus / Q000201:enzymology*; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; D012995:Solubility
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010450:Endopeptidases; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; C026515:type I signal peptidase