Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Membrane interactions
6. Biophysics of the membrane interface and its involvement in protein targeting and translocation 1
7. Amphiphilic α-helices and lipid interactions 19
8. Signal sequences: initiators of protein translocation 37
9. Determinants of membrane protein topology and membrane anchoring 49
10. Insertion of single- and multispanning proteins into the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane 67
11. Prokaryotic protein translocation 85
12. Protein traffic from the cytosol to the outer membrane of Escherichia coli 105
13. sec-dependent prokaryotic protein secretion 121
14. Targeting and assembly of fimbriae 143
15. Targeting to and translocation across the endoplasmic reticulum membrane 169
16. Protein localization to the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi complex 193
17. Import and export of proteins at the nucleus 213
18. Mitochondrial targeting and import 231
19. Translocation of proteins into and across the thylakoid membrane 249
20. Principles of peroxisomal protein sorting and assembly 259
21. Targeting of glyoxysomal proteins 273
22. Subject index 287