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. 2014 Dec 19;13:177. doi: 10.1186/s12934-014-0177-1

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Various pathways for protein translocation (Type I and II). The type II Sec-dependent pathway is the most commonly used and gets overloaded leading to accumation of mis folded proteins in the cytoplasm. However the TAT dependent pathway is used for export of folded proteins and thus requires proper folding in the cytoplasm itself.