title: SecB protein stabilizes a translocation-competent state of purified prePhoE protein.
abstract: Efficient translocation of pure precursor of PhoE protein (prePhoE) could be accomplished in an in vitro system consisting of only inverted Escherichia coli inner membrane vesicles, ATP, and SecA and SecB protein. In this in vitro system SecB and not trigger factor could stabilize a translocation-competent state of prePhoE. In contrast, translocation competency of proOmpA could be induced by both trigger factor and SecB protein, suggesting specificity in interactions between cytosolic factors and precursors in outer membrane protein translocation.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Biomembranes and Lipid Enzymology, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kusters
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: de Vrije
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Breukink
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: de Kruijff
mesh_terms: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D007700:Kinetics; D018272:Porins; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D018272:Porins; D011498:Protein Precursors; C057842:SecB protein, Bacteria; C057184:outer membrane protein A precursor (E coli)