Real time observation of single membrane protein insertion events by the Escherichia coli insertase YidC.

Membrane protein translocation and insertion is a central issue in biology. Here we focus on a minimal system, the membrane insertase YidC of Escherichia coli that inserts small proteins into the cytoplasmic membrane. In a reconstituted system individual insertion processes were followed by single-p...

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Main Authors: Sophie Winterfeld, Stefan Ernst, Michael Börsch, Uwe Gerken, Andreas Kuhn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3602594?pdf=render