期刊
EMBO JOURNAL
卷 20, 期 10, 页码 2472-2479出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.10.2472
关键词
membrane proteins; TatABCE; Tat translocase
资金
- NIGMS NIH HHS [F32 GM019863] Funding Source: Medline
The Tat (twin-arginine translocation) pathway is a Sec-independent mechanism for translocating folded preproteins across or into the inner membrane of Escherichia coli, To study Tat translocation, we sought an in vitro translocation assay using purified inner membrane vesicles and in vitro synthesized substrate protein. While membrane vesicles derived from wildtype cells translocate the Sec-dependent substrate proOmpA, translocation of a Tat-dependent substrate, SufI, was not detected. We established that in vivo overexpression of SufI can saturate the Tat translocase, and that simultaneous overexpression of TatA, B and C relieves this SufI saturation. Using membrane vesicles derived from cells overexpressing TatABC, in vitro translocation of SufI was detected, Like translocation in vivo, translocation of SufI in vitro requires TatABC, an intact membrane potential and the twin-arginine targeting motif within the signal peptide of SufI, In contrast to Sec translocase, we find that Tat translocase does not require ATP, The development of an in vitro translocation assay is a prerequisite for further biochemical investigations of the mechanism of translocation, substrate recognition and translocase structure.
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