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Identification of the preprotein binding domain of SecA.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 30 Dec 2005
Papanikou Efrosyni, Karamanou Spyridoula, Baud Catherine, Frank Miriam, Sianidis Giorgos, Keramisanou Dimitra, Kalodimos Charalampos G, Kuhn Andreas, Economou Anastassios
Abstract excerpt
SecA, the preprotein translocase ATPase, has a helicase DEAD motor. To catalyze protein translocation, SecA possesses two additional flexible domains absent from other helicases. Here we demonstrate that one of these "specificity domains" is a preprotein binding domain (PBD). PBD is essential for viability and protein translocation. PBD mutations do not abrogate the basal enzymatic properties of SecA (nucleotide...
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