title: The antifolding activity of SecB promotes the export of the E. coli maltose-binding protein.
abstract: Evidence is presented that the E. coli secB gene encodes a soluble protein that interacts with the mature region of the precursor maltose-binding protein (MBP), and promotes MBP export by preventing premature folding of the newly synthesized polypeptide into an export-incompetent form. The interaction of SecB with MBP was indicated by the finding that synthesis of various export-defective MBP species interfered with normal protein export by limiting SecB availability. The antifolding activity of SecB was demonstrated by the following: the defect in MBP export in SecB- cells was suppressed by mutational alterations affecting MBP folding; export of a mutant MBP that is accomplished in a strictly posttranslational mode was totally blocked in SecB- cells; and the rate of folding of wild-type MBP synthesized in vitro was found to be accelerated when SecB was absent and greatly retarded when excess SecB was present.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27514.
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Collier
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Bankaitis
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Bassford
mesh_terms: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005796:Genes; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005838:Genotype; D007700:Kinetics; D008320:Maltose / Q000378:metabolism*; D058619:Maltose-Binding Proteins; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational
chemical_list: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D058619:Maltose-Binding Proteins; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; C461599:maltose transport system, E coli; D008320:Maltose