title: Escherichia coli SecY and SecE proteins appear insufficient to constitute the SecA receptor.
abstract: In order to test whether SecY and SecE proteins constitute the SecA receptor inside out membrane vesicles where prepared from strains producing greatly different levels of these two proteins, and their SecA binding activity was quantitated. Substantial overproduction of SecE or SecY and SecE proteins resulted in no increase or only 50% increase, respectively, in the number of high affinity SecA binding sites. These results suggest that SecY and SecE proteins appear insufficient to constitute the primary SecA receptor. The existence of a cycle of SecA association with the inner membrane and its modulation by particular integral membrane proteins is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459.
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Oliver
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000737:chemistry*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D008081:Liposomes / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*; D000069816:SEC Translocation Channels; D000081416:SecA Proteins; D014316:Tritium
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D008081:Liposomes; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D000069816:SEC Translocation Channels; C065493:SecE protein, E coli; C057841:SecY protein, E coli; D014316:Tritium; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D000081416:SecA Proteins