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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Biol Chem. 2007 Jan 11;282(11):8309–8316. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M610507200

FIGURE 1. Routing of PhoA, MBP, and GFP-SsrA via the Sec and Tat pathways.

FIGURE 1

PhoA and MBP are exported via Sec in an unfolded conformation, whereas MBP and GFP-SsrA are exported via Tat in a folded conformation. The SsrA tag targets GFP for degradation by ClpXP and ClpAP in the cytoplasm.