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Essential cytoplasmic domains in the Escherichia coli TatC protein
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UNSPECIFIED (2002) Essential cytoplasmic domains in the Escherichia coli TatC protein. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 277 (12). pp. 10362-10366. doi:10.1074/jbc.M109135200 ISSN 0021-9258.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M109135200
Abstract
The twin-arginine translocation (Tat) system mediates the transport of proteins across the bacterial plasma membrane and chloroplast thylakoid membrane. Operating in parallel with Sec-type systems in these membranes, the Tat system is completely different in both structural and mechanistic terms, and is uniquely able to catalyze the translocation of fully folded proteins across coupled membranes. TatC is an essential, multispanning component that has been proposed to form part of the binding site for substrate precursor proteins. In this study we have tested the importance of conserved residues on the periplasmic and cytoplasmic face of the Escherichia coli protein. We find that many of the mutations on the cytoplasmic face have little or no effect. However, substitution at several positions in the extreme N-terminal cytoplasmic region or the predicted first cytoplasmic loop lead to a significant or complete loss of Tat-dependent export. The mutated strains are unable to grow anaerobically on trimethylamine N-oxide minimal media and are unable to export trimethylamine-N-oxide reductase (TorA). The same mutants are completely unable to export a chimeric protein, comprising the TorA signal peptide linked to green fluorescent protein, indicating that translocation is blocked rather than cofactor insertion into the TorA mature protein. The data point to two essential cytoplasmic domains on the TatC protein that are essential for export.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QD Chemistry | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY | ||||
Publisher: | AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC | ||||
ISSN: | 0021-9258 | ||||
Official Date: | 22 March 2002 | ||||
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Volume: | 277 | ||||
Number: | 12 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 5 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 10362-10366 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1074/jbc.M109135200 | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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