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Overproduction of SecA suppresses the export defect caused by a mutation in the gene encoding the Escherichia coli export chaperone secB.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 May 1999
Cook H A, Kumamoto C A
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SecB is a cytosolic protein required for rapid and efficient export of particular periplasmic and outer membrane proteins in Escherichia coli. SecB promotes export by stabilizing newly synthesized precursor proteins in a nonnative conformation and by targeting the precursors to the inner membrane. Biochemical studies suggest that SecB facilitates precursor targeting by binding to the SecA protein, a component of...
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