title: Bacterial signal peptide-independent protein export: HlyB-directed secretion of hemolysin.
abstract: Bacterial ABC transporter proteins are associated with a great number of cellular processes. While many of the best characterised examples are involved in the import of small molecules into the cell, others mediate export of substrates, especially hydrophilic proteins. This article focuses on these bacterial ABC exporters, in particular the HlyB protein which is central to secretion of the 110 kDa hemolysin across both the cytoplasmic and outer membranes. This is an example of non-conventional protein export which does not require an N-terminal signal sequence or the cellular SecA-dependent machinery.
authors.affiliation: Cambridge University, Department of Pathology, UK.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Koronakis
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hughes
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D001693:Biological Transport, Active; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D003593:Cytoplasm; D004926:Escherichia coli; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins; C050837:Hlyb protein, Bacteria; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases