Protein Movement Across Membranes

• Main Author: Eichler, Jerry (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Series: Molecular Biology Intelligence Unit
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biochemistry.; Cell biology.; Microbiology.; Life Sciences.; Cell Biology.; Biochemistry, general.

This book addresses the most recent advances in the transport of proteins across a variety of biological membranes. In addressing this topic, this volume includes several new twists not previously addressed in the literature. In the last few years, the study of protein translocation has been revolut...

Table of Contents:

• Protein Translocation Across the Endoplasmic Reticulum Membrane
• Preprotein Translocation through the Sec Translocon in Bacteria
• Protein Translocation in Archaea
• Structure of the SecYEG Protein Translocation Complex
• Membrane Protein Insertion in Bacteria from a Structural Perspective
• The Twin-Arginine Transport System
• Retro-Translocation of Proteins Across the Endoplasmic Reticulum Membrane
• Chloroplast Protein Targeting
• The Mitochondrial Protein Import Machinery
• Import of Proteins into Peroxisomes.