Abstract
The rate of energy-dependent transfer of pro-OmpA across Escherichia coli inner membrane vesicles in vitro was found to be a function of the ATP concentration. At concentrations above 0.1 mM ATP, the addition of a transmembrane electrochemical potential (proton motive force or pmf) increased the rate of pro-OmpA translocation. Additional experiments demonstrated that the overall reaction proceeded by at least two distinct energy-requiring steps. The first step required only ATP, was nearly unaffected by the pmf, and resulted in the insertion of the amino-terminal domain of pro-OmpA across the membrane. The insertion exposed the signal sequence cleavage site to the periplasmic side of the membrane, as measured by the appearance of a mature length translocation intermediate. However, this intermediate was partially exposed to the cytoplasmic side of the membrane. In a second energy-dependent step, either ATP or the pmf was sufficient to complete the translocation of mature length OmpA across the membrane.
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