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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] The sec translocase

DJF Du Plessis, N Nouwen, AJM Driessen - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2011 - Elsevier
The vast majority of proteins trafficking across or into the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane
occur via the translocon. The translocon consists of the SecYEG complex that forms an …

The way is the goal: how SecA transports proteins across the cytoplasmic membrane in bacteria

T Cranford-Smith, D Huber - FEMS microbiology letters, 2018 - academic.oup.com
In bacteria, translocation of most soluble secreted proteins (and outer membrane proteins in
Gram-negative bacteria) across the cytoplasmic membrane by the Sec machinery is …

Molecular simulations of protein dynamics: new windows on mechanisms in biology

GG Dodson, DP Lane, CS Verma - EMBO reports, 2008 - embopress.org
Recent advances in computer hardware and software have led to the development of
increasingly successful molecular simulations of protein structural dynamics that are intrinsic …

Nanodiscs unravel the interaction between the SecYEG channel and its cytosolic partner SecA

M Alami, K Dalal, B Lelj‐Garolla, SG Sligar… - The EMBO …, 2007 - embopress.org
The translocon is a membrane‐embedded protein assembly that catalyzes protein
movement across membranes. The core translocon, the SecYEG complex, forms oligomers …

Molecular insight into the steric shielding effect of PEG on the conjugated staphylokinase: biochemical characterization and molecular dynamics simulation

Q Mu, T Hu, J Yu - PLoS One, 2013 - journals.plos.org
PEGylation is a successful approach to improve potency of a therapeutic protein. The
improved therapeutic potency is mainly due to the steric shielding effect of PEG. However …

Regulation of the protein-conducting channel by a bound ribosome

J Gumbart, LG Trabuco, E Schreiner, E Villa… - Structure, 2009 - cell.com
During protein synthesis, it is often necessary for the ribosome to form a complex with a
membrane-bound channel, the SecY/Sec61 complex, in order to translocate nascent …