Protein Secretion Pathways in Bacteria describes all the known folding and targeting routes of inner and outer membrane proteins as well as of proteins that are secreted by several specific export routes. It gives detailed molecular information about the structures that are important for the different mechanisms involved. This is a valuable contribution to the understanding of how rather simple and yet complex bacterial cells work.

Contents

1. Protein Targeting to the Inner Membrane
2. The SEC Translocase
3. The TAT Protein Export Pathway
4. Assembly of Inner Membrane Proteins in Escherichia coli
5. Biogenesis of Outer Membrane Proteins
6. Chaperones and Folding Catalysts Involved in the General Protein Secretion Pathway of Escherichia coli
7. Type I Protein Secretion Systems in Gram-Negative Bacteria: Escherichia coli a-Hemolysin Secretion
8. Type II Protein Secretion
9. The Type III Secretion Pathway in Pathogenic Bacteria
10. Autotransporters
11. Assembly of Adhesive Organelles on Gram-Negative Bacteria
12. Export of Bacteriocins
13. Biogenesis of Flagella: Export of Flagellar Proteins via the Flagellar Machine
14. Protein Secretion in Gram-Positive Bacteria

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