Publication Date:
1992-07-10
Description:
The molecular basis for recognition of nonnative proteins by the molecular chaperone SecB was investigated with an in vitro assay based on the protection of SecB from proteolysis when a ligand is bound. The SecB tetramer has multiple binding sites for positively charged peptides. When the peptide binding sites are occupied, the complex undergoes a conformational change to expose hydrophobic sites that bind the fluorescent probe 1-anilinonaphthalene-8-sulfonate. A model is proposed for interaction of nonnative polypeptides with both hydrophilic and hydrophobic sites on SecB.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Randall, L L -- GM29798/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jul 10;257(5067):241-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Washington State University, Pullman 99164-4660.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1631545" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Bacterial Proteins/*metabolism
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Binding Sites/physiology
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Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
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In Vitro Techniques
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Models, Chemical
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Osmolar Concentration
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Peptides/*metabolism
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Protein Conformation
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
