Degradation of the twin-arginine translocation substrate YwbN by extracytoplasmic proteases of Bacillus subtilis.

نویسندگان

  • Laxmi Krishnappa
  • Carmine G Monteferrante
  • Jan Maarten van Dijl
چکیده

Bacterial twin-arginine translocases can export fully folded proteins from the cytoplasm. Such proteins are usually resistant to proteolysis. Here we show that multiple extracellular proteases degrade the B. subtilis Tat substrate YwbN. This suggests either that secreted YwbN is not fully folded or that folded YwbN exposes protease cleavage sites.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Applied and environmental microbiology

دوره 78 21  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012