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PROSITE documentation PDOC00878Bacterial type II secretion system protein C signature
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The secretion pathway (GSP) for the export of proteins (also called the type II pathway) [1] requires a number of protein components. One of them is known as the 'C' protein and has been sequenced in a variety of bacteria such as Aeromonas (gene exeC); Erwinia (gene outC); Escherichia coli (gene yheE); Klebsiella pneumoniae (gene pulC); Pseudomonas aeruginosa (gene xcpS) or Vibrio cholerae (gene epsC).
The size of the 'C' protein is around 270 to 300 amino acids. It apparently contains a single transmembrane domain located in the N-terminal section. The short N-terminal domain is predicted to be cytoplasmic and the large C-terminal domain periplasmic. As a signature pattern, we selected a conserved region in the C-terminal part of these proteins.
Last update:December 2004 / Pattern and text revised.
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| 1 | Authors | Salmond G.P.C. Reeves P.J. |
| Title | Membrane traffic wardens and protein secretion in gram-negative bacteria. | |
| Source | Trends Biochem. Sci. 18:7-12(1993). | |
| PubMed ID | 8438237 |
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