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SecY and SecA interact to allow SecA insertion and protein translocation across the Escherichia coli plasma membrane.
The EMBO journal - 3 Nov 1997
Matsumoto G, Yoshihisa T, Ito K
Abstract excerpt
SecA, the preprotein-driving ATPase in Escherichia coli, was shown previously to insert deeply into the plasma membrane in the presence of ATP and a preprotein; this movement of SecA was proposed to be mechanistically coupled with preprotein translocation. We now address the role played by SecY, the central subunit of the membrane-embedded heterotrimeric complex, in the SecA insertion reaction. We identified a...
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