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    Science. 1991 Jan 25;251(4992):439-43.

    A kinetic partitioning model of selective binding of nonnative proteins by the bacterial chaperone SecB.

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    Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Washington State University, Pullman 99164-4660.

    Abstract

    An in vitro assay for the interaction of SecB, a molecular chaperone from Escherichia coli, with polypeptide ligands was established based on the ability of SecB to block the refolding of denatured maltose-binding protein. Competition experiments show that SecB binds selectively to nonnative proteins with high affinity and without specificity for a particular sequence of amino acids. It is proposed that selectivity in binding is due to a kinetic partitioning of polypeptides between folding and association with SecB.

    PMID:
    1989077
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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