| Literature DB >> 17513479 |
Sumita Jain1, Marcia B Goldberg.
Abstract
Autotransporters constitute the largest group of secreted proteins in gram-negative bacteria. Autotransporter secretion involves the insertion of a carboxy-terminal beta barrel into and the translocation of an amino-terminal domain across the outer membrane. Here, we demonstrate that secretion of autotransporters from several organisms requires the outer membrane assembly factor YaeT.Mesh:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17513479 PMCID: PMC1951886 DOI: 10.1128/JB.00228-07
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490