2mn6

Structural highlights

Function

TATA_ECOLI Part of the twin-arginine translocation (Tat) system that transports large folded proteins containing a characteristic twin-arginine motif in their signal peptide across membranes. TatA could form the protein-conducting channel of the Tat system.^{[1] [2]}

References

1. ↑ Sargent F, Bogsch EG, Stanley NR, Wexler M, Robinson C, Berks BC, Palmer T. Overlapping functions of components of a bacterial Sec-independent protein export pathway. EMBO J. 1998 Jul 1;17(13):3640-50. PMID:9649434 doi:10.1093/emboj/17.13.3640
2. ↑ Ize B, Gerard F, Zhang M, Chanal A, Voulhoux R, Palmer T, Filloux A, Wu LF. In vivo dissection of the Tat translocation pathway in Escherichia coli. J Mol Biol. 2002 Mar 29;317(3):327-35. PMID:11922668 doi:10.1006/jmbi.2002.5431