Comment on

• Structure of a complex of the ATPase SecA and the protein-translocation channel.

  Zimmer J, Nam Y, Rapoport TA. Zimmer J, et al. Nature. 2008 Oct 16;455(7215):936-43. doi: 10.1038/nature07335. Nature. 2008. PMID: 18923516 Free PMC article.
• A role for the two-helix finger of the SecA ATPase in protein translocation.

  Erlandson KJ, Miller SB, Nam Y, Osborne AR, Zimmer J, Rapoport TA. Erlandson KJ, et al. Nature. 2008 Oct 16;455(7215):984-7. doi: 10.1038/nature07439. Nature. 2008. PMID: 18923526 Free PMC article.
• Conformational transition of Sec machinery inferred from bacterial SecYE structures.

  Tsukazaki T, Mori H, Fukai S, Ishitani R, Mori T, Dohmae N, Perederina A, Sugita Y, Vassylyev DG, Ito K, Nureki O. Tsukazaki T, et al. Nature. 2008 Oct 16;455(7215):988-91. doi: 10.1038/nature07421. Nature. 2008. PMID: 18923527 Free PMC article.