Protein
ESX-1 secretion-associated protein EspG1
Organism
Mycobacterium smegmatis (strain ATCC 700084 / mc(2)155)
Function
Part of the ESX-1 / type VII specialized secretion system (T7SS), which exports several proteins including EsxA and EsxB (PubMed:15687187). Specific chaperone for cognate PE/PPE proteins, plays an important role in preventing aggregation of PE/PPE dimers (By similarity). Also plays a role in DNA conjugation, in at least recipient strain (By similarity).
Similarity
Belongs to the EspG family.
Sequence
MTAPFTAETGDAHIDDVVGVEVTIDGMLVIADKLGLTDFPPSMGIRLNIPQPDLRKVVWEQVERDLSAQGVLDVYGNPHPEVAAMVDTLARADRTLECRWWRRDAGGKMIRFVVCRKGGRHVVAARDNDLLVLQRVAPQIGLAGMVMTVLGEGSPANVEPLTGVADRLAQCRTAEELTGYGIPPTSARAYASIISEPDGWVEIVANERHPGGTTSQVDVAAGVLDAKQGRIVSIPRRVNGELYGSFLSGTKDNLERALEGLVEFLPSKTWFDKTDADNAYQH