Randall, L.L., Crane, J.M., Liu, G.P. et al. (1 more author) (2004) Sites of interaction between SecA and the chaperone SecB, two proteins involved in export. Protein Science, 13 (4). pp. 1124-1133. ISSN 0961-8368
Abstract
SecB, a small tetrameric cytosolic chaperone in Escherichia coli, facilitates the export of precursor polypeptides by maintaining them in a normative conformation and passing them to SecA, which is a peripheral member of the membrane-bound translocation apparatus. It has been proposed by several laboratories that as SecA interacts with various components along the export pathway, it undergoes conformational changes that are crucial to its function. Here we report details of molecular interactions between SecA and SecB, which may serve as conformational switches. One site of interaction involves the final C-terminal 21 amino acids of SecA, which are positively charged and contain zinc. The C terminus of each subunit of the SecA dimer makes contact with the flat P-sheet that is formed by each dimer of the SecB tetramer. Here we demonstrate that a second interaction exists between the extreme C-terminal alpha-helix of SecB and a site on SecA, as yet undefined but different from the C terminus of SecA. We investigated the energetics of the interactions by titration calorimetry and characterized the hydrodynamic properties of complexes stabilized by both interactions or each interaction singly using sedimentation velocity centrifugation.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Biology (York) |
Depositing User: | York RAE Import |
Date Deposited: | 18 Feb 2009 09:42 |
Last Modified: | 18 Feb 2009 09:42 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1110/ps.03410104 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1110/ps.03410104 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:7386 |