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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Microbiol. 2008 Nov 17;7(1):13–24. doi: 10.1038/nrmicro1967

Table 1.

Dot/Icm proteins

Protein Comment/Function
Substrate Recognition
    IcmS36-38,40 Substrate recognition/presentation to translocon
    IcmW36-38,40 Substrate recognition/presentation to translocon
    LvgA36 Substrate recognition/presentation to translocon
Coupling ATPase
    DotL/IcmO42,43 ATPase /binds directly to substrates?
    DotM/IcmP46,47 ATPase component
    DotN/IcmJ46,47 Probable ATPase component
Core Components
    DotC47 Putative outer membrane lipoprotein
    DotD47 Putative lipoprotein/localized to outer membrane
    DotF/IcmB47 Interacts with substrates/major component of channel?
    DotG/IcmE47 Major component of channel
    DotH/IcmK47 Outer membrane channel?
Core Stability Determinants
    DotU/IcmH50,51 Inner membrane protein
    IcmF50,51 Inner membrane protein
Cytoplasmic Components
    IcmQ49 Pore forming molecule
    IcmR37,48 Chaperone for IcmQ
    DotB54,116 ATPase/Disassembly of translocon?
    DotO/IcmB117 Cytoplasm/inner membrane
Inner Membrane or Periplasmic Components of Unknown Function
    DotA25,118 Large polytopic inner membrane protein
    DotE/IcmC47 Similar to DotV
    DotI/IcmL117 Inner membrane
    DotJ/IcmM Predicted inner membrane
    DotK/IcmN119 Predicted inner membrane
    DotP/IcmD Predicted inner membrane
    DotV47 Predicted inner membrane
    IcmT120 Inner membrane protein
    IcmV121 Predicted inner membrane
    IcmX122 Periplasmic