4wo7

Structural highlights

Function

[PRSA_BACSU] Essential protein that plays a major role in protein secretion by helping the post-translocational extracellular folding of several secreted proteins. Has PPIase activity but it is not essential for its function in vivo.^[1]

References

1. ↑ Wahlstrom E, Vitikainen M, Kontinen VP, Sarvas M. The extracytoplasmic folding factor PrsA is required for protein secretion only in the presence of the cell wall in Bacillus subtilis. Microbiology. 2003 Mar;149(Pt 3):569-77. PMID:12634326