Protein export through the bacterial Sec pathway

A Tsirigotaki, J De Geyter, A Economou… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
The general secretory (Sec) pathway comprises an essential, ubiquitous and universal
export machinery for most proteins that integrate into, or translocate through, the plasma …

Role of bacterial efflux pumps in antibiotic resistance, virulence, and strategies to discover novel efflux pump inhibitors

A Gaurav, P Bakht, M Saini, S Pandey… - …, 2023 - microbiologyresearch.org
The problem of antibiotic resistance among pathogenic bacteria has reached a crisis level.
The treatment options against infections caused by multiple drug-resistant bacteria are …

X-ray structure of a protein-conducting channel

BVD Berg, WM Clemons Jr, I Collinson, Y Modis… - Nature, 2004 - nature.com
A conserved heterotrimeric membrane protein complex, the Sec61 or SecY complex, forms a
protein-conducting channel, allowing polypeptides to be transferred across or integrated into …

Protein translocation across the eukaryotic endoplasmic reticulum and bacterial plasma membranes

TA Rapoport - Nature, 2007 - nature.com
A decisive step in the biosynthesis of many proteins is their partial or complete translocation
across the eukaryotic endoplasmic reticulum membrane or the prokaryotic plasma …

[HTML][HTML] Sec-and Tat-mediated protein secretion across the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane—distinct translocases and mechanisms

P Natale, T Brüser, AJM Driessen - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2008 - Elsevier
In bacteria, two major pathways exist to secrete proteins across the cytoplasmic membrane.
The general Secretion route, termed Sec-pathway, catalyzes the transmembrane …

Mechanisms of Sec61/SecY-mediated protein translocation across membranes

E Park, TA Rapoport - Annual review of biophysics, 2012 - annualreviews.org
The Sec61 or SecY channel, a universally conserved protein-conducting channel,
translocates proteins across and integrates proteins into the eukaryotic endoplasmic …

Protein translocation across the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane

AJM Driessen, N Nouwen - Annu. Rev. Biochem., 2008 - annualreviews.org
About 25% to 30% of the bacterial proteins function in the cell envelope or outside of the
cell. These proteins are synthesized in the cytosol, and the vast majority is recognized as a …

Recombinant protein secretion in Escherichia coli

FJM Mergulhão, DK Summers, GA Monteiro - Biotechnology advances, 2005 - Elsevier
The secretory production of recombinant proteins by the Gram-negative bacterium
Escherichia coli has several advantages over intracellular production as inclusion bodies. In …

[HTML][HTML] Structure of a complex of the ATPase SecA and the protein-translocation channel

J Zimmer, Y Nam, TA Rapoport - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
Most proteins are secreted from bacteria by the interaction of the cytoplasmic SecA ATPase
with a membrane channel, formed by the heterotrimeric SecY complex. Here we report the …

Cryo-EM structure of the ribosome–SecYE complex in the membrane environment

J Frauenfeld, J Gumbart, EO Sluis, S Funes… - Nature structural & …, 2011 - nature.com
Abstract The ubiquitous SecY–Sec61 complex translocates nascent secretory proteins
across cellular membranes and integrates membrane proteins into lipid bilayers. Several …