Protein targeting by the twin-arginine translocation pathway.
The twin-arginine translocation pathway operates in the thylakoid membrane of chloroplasts and in the plasma membrane of most free-living bacteria. Its main function is to transport fully folded proteins across the membrane. Three important tat genes have been identified and the sequences of the encoded proteins, together with the unusual properties of the pathway, indicate that the Tat system is completely different from other protein translocases.
Robinson
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Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom. crobinson@bio.warwick.ac.uk
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D001120:Arginine / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000502:physiology; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; C408585:twin-arginine translocase complex, E coli; D001120:Arginine