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SUBMITTER: Roussel G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6511833 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Roussel Guillaume G Lindner Eric E White Stephen H SH
Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society 20190501 6
Much is known about the structure, function, and stability of the SecA motor ATPase that powers the secretion of periplasmic proteins across the inner membrane of Escherichia coli. Most studies of SecA are carried out in buffered sodium or potassium chloride salt solutions. However, the principal intracellular salt of E. coli is potassium glutamate (KGlu), which is known to stabilize folded proteins and protein-nucleic acid complexes. Here we report that KGlu stabilizes SecA, including its dimer ...[more]