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ReviewAnnual review of microbiology2006

The bacterial twin-arginine translocation pathway.

Philip A Lee, Danielle Tullman-Ercek, George Georgiou

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Review in Annual review of microbiology, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 143 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
143citing papers in PubMed
16.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

143 citing papers in PubMed, 338 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Philip A LeeInstitute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712-0231, USA. philipl@che.utexas.edu
Danielle Tullman-Ercek
George Georgiou
The University of Texas at Austin · US

Funding

Genetic Analysis of the Escherichia coli Tat PathwayR01GM069872 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN · PI GEORGIOU, GEORGE GEORGIOU · 2004 to 2007
$936k
NIGMS NIH HHS 1 R01 GM069872NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM069872
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The twin-arginine translocation (Tat) pathway is responsible for the export of folded proteins across the cytoplasmic membrane of bacteria. Substrates for the Tat pathway include redox enzymes requiring cofactor insertion in the cytoplasm, multimeric proteins that have to assemble into a complex prior to export, certain membrane proteins, and proteins whose folding is incompatible with Sec export. These proteins are involved in a diverse range of cellular activities including anaerobic metabolism, cell envelope biogenesis, metal acquisition and detoxification, and virulence. The Escherichia coli translocase consists of the TatA, TatB, and TatC proteins, but little is known about the precise sequence of events that leads to protein translocation, the energetic requirements, or the mechanism that prevents the export of misfolded proteins. Owing to the unique characteristics of the pathway, it holds promise for biotechnological applications.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceBacterial ProteinsBiotechnologyEscherichia coli ProteinsMembrane Transport ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataProtein FoldingProtein Sorting SignalsProtein TransportQuality ControlBacterial ProteinsEscherichia coli ProteinsMembrane Transport ProteinsProtein Sorting SignalsTatB protein, E coliTatC protein, E colitwin-arginine translocase complex, E coli

Identifiers

PMID16756481
PMCPMC2654714
OpenAlexW1968136381

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