title: Secretion by numbers: Protein traffic in prokaryotes.
abstract: Almost all aspects of protein traffic in bacteria were covered at the ASM-FEMS meeting on the topic in Iraklio, Crete in May 2006. The studies presented ranged from mechanistic analysis of specific events leading proteins to their final destinations to the physiological roles of the targeted proteins. Among the highlights from the meeting that are reviewed here are the molecular dynamics of SecA protein, membrane protein insertion, type III secretion needles and chaperones, type IV secretion, the two partner and autosecretion systems, the 'secretion competent state', and the recently discovered type VI secretion system.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, F O R T H and University of Crete, PO Box 1527, GR-711 10 Iraklio, Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: Anastasias
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Economou
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Christie
authors.forename: Rachel C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.forename: Tracy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: Greg V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Plano
authors.forename: Anthony P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Pugsley
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D018832:Molecular Chaperones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D011387:Prokaryotic Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D021381:Protein Transport
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D018832:Molecular Chaperones