Membrane Insertases Are Present in All Three Domains of Life.
In this issue of Structure, Borowska et al. (2015) report the crystal structure and provide experimental evidence on an archaeal membrane insertase, the DUF106 protein from Methanocaldococcus jannaschii, demonstrating that YidC/Oxa1/Alb3-like insertases exist in the archaeal plasma membrane.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. Electronic address: dalbey@chemistry.ohio-state.edu.
Ross E
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Institute of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of Hohenheim, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany. Electronic address: andikuhn@uni-hohenheim.de.
Andreas
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D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D063747:Methanocaldococcus / Q000378:metabolism*
D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins