PMID:1313884
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de Cock, H, Overeem, W and Tommassen, J (1992) Biogenesis of outer membrane protein PhoE of Escherichia coli. Evidence for multiple SecB-binding sites in the mature portion of the PhoE protein. J. Mol. Biol. 224:369-79 |
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| Abstract |
Efficient in vivo translocation of the precursor of Escherichia coli outer membrane protein PhoE across the inner membrane is shown to depend on SecB protein. A set of mutants, carrying internal deletions in the phoE gene, was used to locate a possible SecB-binding site and/or a site that makes the protein dependent on SecB for export. Except for two small mutant PhoE proteins, the in vivo and in vitro translocation of all mutant proteins was more efficient in the presence of SecB. The interaction of SecB protein with wild-type and mutant PhoE proteins, synthesized in vitro, was further studied in co-immunoprecipitation experiments with anti-SecB protein serum. The efficiencies of co-immunoprecipitation of precursor and mature PhoE were very similar, indicating the absence of a SecB-binding site in the signal sequence. Moreover, all mutant proteins with deletions in the mature moiety of the PhoE protein were co-immunoprecipitated in these assays, albeit mostly with reduced efficiency. Taken together, these results indicate the existence of multiple SecB-binding sites in the mature portion of the PhoE protein. |
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Amino Acid Sequence; Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/genetics; Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/metabolism; Bacterial Proteins/metabolism; Binding Sites; Biological Transport; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Molecular Sequence Data; Mutation; Porins; Precipitin Tests |
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