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SUBMITTER: Saller MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2795313 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Saller Manfred J MJ Fusetti Fabrizia F Driessen Arnold J M AJ
Journal of bacteriology 20090828 21
In all domains of life Oxa1p-like proteins are involved in membrane protein biogenesis. Bacillus subtilis, a model organism for gram-positive bacteria, contains two Oxa1p homologs: SpoIIIJ and YqjG. These molecules appear to be mutually exchangeable, although SpoIIIJ is specifically required for spore formation. SpoIIIJ and YqjG have been implicated in a posttranslocational stage of protein secretion. Here we show that the expression of either spoIIIJ or yqjG functionally compensates for the def ...[more]