title: Sec- and Tat-mediated protein secretion across the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane--distinct translocases and mechanisms.
abstract: In bacteria, two major pathways exist to secrete proteins across the cytoplasmic membrane. The general Secretion route, termed Sec-pathway, catalyzes the transmembrane translocation of proteins in their unfolded conformation, whereupon they fold into their native structure at the trans-side of the membrane. The Twin-arginine translocation pathway, termed Tat-pathway, catalyses the translocation of secretory proteins in their folded state. Although the targeting signals that direct secretory proteins to these pathways show a high degree of similarity, the translocation mechanisms and translocases involved are vastly different.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute and the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Kerklaan 30, 9751 NN HAREN, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Natale
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brüser
authors.forename: Arnold J M
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Driessen
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000502:physiology*; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D053858:Metabolic Networks and Pathways / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D008958:Models, Molecular; D017510:Protein Folding; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals / Q000502:physiology; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000502:physiology; D000069816:SEC Translocation Channels; D000081416:SecA Proteins
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals; D000069816:SEC Translocation Channels; C408585:twin-arginine translocase complex, E coli; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D000081416:SecA Proteins