Protein and Sugar Export and Assembly in Gram-Positive Bacteria

Book Overview

Envelope structures of Gram-positive bacteria .- Translocation of proteins across the plasma membrane and cell envelope.- Type I signal peptidases.- The Sec system.- The twin-arginine protein translocation (Tat) system.- ExPortal: a microdomain for protein secretion in Gram-positive bacteria.- Spatial positioning of cell wall-anchored proteins.- Anchoring of LPXTG-like proteins to the cell wall envelope.- Export and processing of lipoproteins.- Pilus assembly in Gram-positive bacteria.- S-layers and related proteins: their structure, mechanisms of secretion and anchoring and their diverse functions.- Membrane translocation and assembly of sugar polymer precursors.- Type VII secretion systems.- Predicting subcellular localization of proteins by bioinformatics algorithms.- The secretome of Gram-positive bacteria.- Post-translocational folding of secretory proteins.- Protein secretion biotechnology in Gram-positive bacteria.- Exploiting Gram positive sortases for protein engineering.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319858025
• ISBN13: 9783319858029
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 337 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"