A cell-free protein translocation system prepared entirely from a Gram-positive organism

Autor: Karl-Ludwig Schimz, Gaby Decker, Elke Frings, Jochen Meens, Matthias Müller, Michael Klein
Rok vydání: 1995
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Zdroj: FEBS Letters. 362:29-33
ISSN: 0014-5793
DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(95)00180-h
Popis: A cell-free protein translocation system derived exclusively from a Gram-positive bacterium is described here for the first time. Highly efficient in vitro synthesis of plasmid encoded preprolipase of Staphylococcus hyicus is accomplished by coupled transcription/translation using either a cytosolic extract of S. carnosus alone or in combination with T7-RNA-polymerase. Addition of inside-out cytoplasmic membrane vesicles of S. carnosus leads to the partial conversion (processing) of preprolipase to prolipase. In addition, as shown in a protease protection assay, a significant part of preprolipase plus prolipase is translocated in vitro into the lumen of the vesicles. Translocation of preprolipase into the membrane vesicles requires the proton-motive force and the S. carnosus SecA protein.
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