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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2008

Full-length Escherichia coli SecA dimerizes in a closed conformation in solution as determined by cryo-electron microscopy.

Yong Chen, Xijiang Pan, Ying Tang, Shu Quan, Phang C Tai, Sen-Fang Sui

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Binding of SecA ATPase monomers and dimers to lipid vesicles.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes · 2020
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  4. Review
  5. SecA: a potential antimicrobial target.Future medicinal chemistry · 2015
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  9. SecA, a remarkable nanomachine.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2011
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  10. Energetics of SecA dimerization.Journal of molecular biology · 2011
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6 authors.

Yong ChenDepartment of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, the State Key Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Xijiang Pan
Ying Tang
Shu Quan
Phang C Tai
Sen-Fang Sui

Funding

PHS HHS 34766
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

SecA is an obligatory component of the Escherichia coli general secretion pathway. However, the oligomeric structure of SecA and SecA conformational changes during translocation processes are still unclear. Here we obtained the three-dimensional structure of E. coli wild-type full-length SecA in solution by single particle cryo-electron microscopy and determined its oligomeric organization. In this structure, SecA occurs as a dimer in which the two protomers are arranged in an antiparallel mode, with a novel electrostatic interface, and both protomers are in closed conformation. The system developed here may provide a promising technique for studying dynamic structural changes in SecA.

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Adenosine TriphosphatasesBacterial ProteinsCryoelectron MicroscopyDimerizationEscherichia coliMembrane Transport ProteinsMolecular ConformationProtein ConformationSecA ProteinsSEC Translocation ChannelsStatic ElectricityAdenosine TriphosphatasesBacterial ProteinsMembrane Transport ProteinsSecA ProteinsSEC Translocation Channels

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PMID18772144
PMCPMC2570880

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