EMBO Member
Tracy Palmer
EMBO 2017 | CouC 23–
Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Protein secretion in prokaryotes
My group is interested in prokaryotic protein secretion systems. Currently, we work on two bacterial protein export pathways, the twin-arginine protein transport (Tat) pathway and the Type VII protein secretion system. We use biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology and structural biology to dissect out the mechanism of protein translocation by these machineries and the physiological roles of secreted substrates.
Keywords
Bacteria / cell membrane / protein secretion / secretion mechanism / inter-bacterial competition