Secretion by numbers: Protein traffic in prokaryotes.
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.
Economou
Anastasias
A
Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, F O R T H and University of Crete, PO Box 1527, GR-711 10 Iraklio, Crete, Greece.
Christie
Peter J
PJ
Fernandez
Rachel C
RC
Palmer
Tracy
T
Plano
Greg V
GV
Pugsley
Anthony P
AP
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
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D018832:Molecular Chaperones