Description

IPR026593 is a Protein translocase subunit SecY.

<p>This entry represents protein translocase subunit SecY.</p> <p>Secretion across the inner membrane in some Gram-negative bacteria occurs via the preprotein translocase pathway. Proteins are produced in the cytoplasm as precursors, and require a chaperone subunit to direct them to the translocase component [[cite:PUB00007064]]. From there, the mature proteins are either targeted to the outer membrane, or remain as periplasmic proteins. The translocase protein subunits are encoded on the bacterial chromosome.</p> <p>The translocase itself comprises 7 proteins, including a chaperone protein (SecB), an ATPase (SecA), an integral membrane complex (SecY, SecE and SecG), and two additional membrane proteins that promote the release of the mature peptide into the periplasm (SecD and SecF) [[cite:PUB00007064]]. The chaperone protein SecB [[cite:PUB00007065]] is a highly acidic homotetrameric protein that exists as a "dimer of dimers" in the bacterial cytoplasm. SecB maintains preproteins in an unfolded state after translation, and targets these to the peripheral membrane protein ATPase SecA for secretion [[cite:PUB00007066]]. The structure of the Escherichia coli SecYEG assembly revealed a sandwich of two membranes interacting through the extensive cytoplasmic domains [[cite:PUB00007187]]. Each membrane is composed of dimers of SecYEG. The monomeric complex contains 15 transmembrane helices.</p>

This description is obtained from EB-eye REST.

Associated GO terms

Unable to find any GO terms for the transcript with the identifier.

Associated Lotus transcripts 2

Co-occuring domains 1

A list of co-occurring predicted domains within the L. japonicus gene space: