Protein targeting and translocation /

Protein targeting is a fast-moving field that has encompassed areas from biophysics to molecular biology to try to gain insight into how proteins are directed to their final functional location and how such macromolecules are able to cross semi-permeable membrane barriers during their journey. This...

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Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Group Author: Phoenix, D. A.
Published: Princeton University Press,
Publisher Address: Princeton, N.J. :
Publication Dates: [1998]
©1998
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781400865017
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Summary: Protein targeting is a fast-moving field that has encompassed areas from biophysics to molecular biology to try to gain insight into how proteins are directed to their final functional location and how such macromolecules are able to cross semi-permeable membrane barriers during their journey. This text reviews our current state of knowledge regarding the interaction of proteins at the membrane interface and the assembly of proteins into biological membranes, before proceeding to look at targeting pathways in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems. The reviews have been written by some of the leading researchers in the field, with contributions from around the world and with more than 1,800 references. The text is aimed at graduate students and at researchers with an interest in protein targeting, but may also be of use to final-year undergraduates.Originally published in 1998.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource(306pages) : illustrations
ISBN: 9781400865017
Index Number: QP551
CLC: Q51
Contents: Frontmatter --
Contents --
Preface --
Abbreviations --
Biophysics of the membrane interface and its involvement in protein targeting and translocation /
Amphiphilic -helices and lipid interactions --
Signal sequences: initiators of protein translocation /
Determinants of membrane protein topology and membrane anchoring /
Insertion of single- and multispanning proteins into the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane /
Prokaryotic protein translocation /
Protein traffic from the cytosol to the outer membrane of Escherichia coli /
sec-dependent prokaryotic protein secretion /
Targeting and assembly of fimbriae /
Targeting to and translocation across the endoplasmic reticulum membrane /
Protein localization to the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi complex /
Import and export of proteins at the nucleus /
Mitochondrial targeting and import /
Translocation of proteins into and across the thylakoid membrane /
Principles of peroxisomal protein sorting and assembly /
Targeting of glyoxysomal proteins /
Subject index.