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- * Protein secY signatures *
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- The eubacterial secY protein [1] plays an important role in protein export. It
- interacts with the signal sequences of secretory proteins as well as with two
- other components of the protein translocation system: secA and secE. SecY is
- an integral plasma membrane protein of 419 to 492 amino acid residues that
- apparently contains ten transmembrane segments. Such a structure probably
- confers to secY a 'translocator' function, providing a channel for periplasmic
- and outer-membrane precursor proteins.
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- Homologs of secY are found in archaebacteria [2]. SecY is also encoded in
- the chloroplast genome of some algae [3] where it could be involved in a
- prokaryotic-like protein export system across the two membranes of the
- chloroplast endoplasmic reticulum (CER) which is present in chromophyte and
- cryptophyte algae.
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- We have developed two signature patterns for secY proteins. The first
- corresponds to the second transmembrane region, which is the most conserved
- section of these proteins. The second spans the C-terminal part of the fourth
- transmembrane region, a short intracellular loop, and the N-terminal part of
- the fifth transmembrane region.
-
- -Consensus pattern: [GST]-[LIVMF](2)-x-[LIVM]-G-[LIVM]-x-P-[LIVMFY](2)-x-A-
- [GS]-[LIVMFA](3)-Q-[LIVMFA](2)
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: NONE.
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- -Consensus pattern: [LIVMFYW](2)-x-[DE]-x-[LIVMF]-[STN]-x(2)-G-[LIVMF]-[GST]-
- [NS]-G-x-[GST]-[LIVMF](3)
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: NONE.
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- -Last update: December 1992 / First entry.
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- [ 1] Ito K.
- Mol. Microbiol. 6:2423-2428(1992).
- [ 2] Auer J., Spicker G., Boeck A.
- Biochimie 73:683-688(1991).
- [ 3] Douglas S.E.
- FEBS Lett. 298:93-96(1992).
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