One SecY is enough
Author(s) -
Nicole LeBrasseur
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the journal of cell biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.414
H-Index - 380
eISSN - 1540-8140
pISSN - 0021-9525
DOI - 10.1083/jcb1692iti4
Subject(s) - biology , sec61 , bacterial protein , computational biology , escherichia coli proteins , field (mathematics) , chromosomal translocation , translocon , genetics , gene , mathematics , pure mathematics
New results in this issue ([page 219][1]) from Cannon et al. indicate that a translocating peptide passes through the center of a single SecY protein complex.The idea is a paradigm shift for the translocation field. The general consensus has been that four copies of SecY (Sec61 in eukaryotes)
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