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Kudryashova E, Heisler D, Zywiec A, Kudryashov DS. Thermodynamic properties of the effector domains of MARTX toxins suggest their unfolding for translocation across the host membrane. Mol Microbiol 2014; 92:1056-71. [PMID: 24724536 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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MARTX (multifunctional autoprocessing repeats-in-toxin) family toxins are produced by Vibrio cholerae, Vibrio vulnificus, Aeromonas hydrophila and other Gram-negative bacteria. Effector domains of MARTX toxins cross the cytoplasmic membrane of a host cell through a putative pore formed by the toxin's glycine-rich repeats. The structure of the pore is unknown and the translocation mechanism of the effector domains is poorly understood. We examined the thermodynamic stability of the effector domains of V. cholerae and A. hydrophila MARTX toxins to elucidate the mechanism of their translocation. We found that all but one domain in each toxin are thermodynamically unstable and several acquire a molten globule state near human physiological temperatures. Fusion of the most stable cysteine protease domain to the adjacent effector domain reduces its thermodynamic stability ∼ 1.4-fold (from D G H 2 O 21.8 to 16.1 kJ mol(-1) ). Precipitation of several individual domains due to thermal denaturation is reduced upon their fusion into multi-domain constructs. We speculate that low thermostability of the MARTX effector domains correlates with that of many other membrane-penetrating toxins and implies their unfolding for cell entry. This study extends the list of thermolabile bacterial toxins, suggesting that this quality is essential and could be susceptible for selective targeting of pathogenic toxins.
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- Elena Kudryashova
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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Relationships between conformational changes and antimicrobial activity of lysozyme upon reduction of its disulfide bonds. Food Chem 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/s0308-8146(03)00252-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Touch V, Hayakawa S, Fukada K, Aratani Y, Sun Y. Preparation of antimicrobial reduced lysozyme compatible in food applications. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2003; 51:5154-5161. [PMID: 12903984 DOI: 10.1021/jf021005d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The structural and antimicrobial functions of lysozyme reduced with food-compatible reducing agents-cysteine (Cys) and glutathione (GSH)-were investigated. The disulfide bonds were partially reduced by thiol-disulfide exchange reactions under heat-induced denaturing conditions from 55 to 90 degrees C. The results showed that treatment of lysozyme with Cys and GSH resulted in the introduction of new half-cystine residues (2-3 residues/mol of protein). The released SH groups, in turn, rendered the lysozyme molecule more flexible, being accompanied by a dramatic increase in the surface hydrophobicity and exposure of tryptophan residues. As a consequence, the resulting reduced lysozymes were more capable of binding to lipopolysaccharides (LPS) and permeabilizing the bacterial outer membrane, as evidenced by the liposome leakage experiment, than were native or heated lysozyme. Both reduced lysozymes displayed significantly higher antimicrobial activity than native or heated lysozyme against Salmonella enteritidis (SE) in sodium phosphate buffer (10 mM, pH 7.2) at 30 degrees C for 1 h. Their minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) against the tested bacteria were about 150- and 25-fold lower than their respective MICs of native or heated lysozyme. The results suggest that partially reduced lysozyme could be used as a potential antimicrobial agent for prevention of SE attack.
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- Visalsok Touch
- Department of Biochemistry and Food Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Ikenobe, Kagawa, Japan
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Yammani RR, Seetharam S, Seetharam B. Identification and characterization of two distinct ligand binding regions of cubilin. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:44777-84. [PMID: 11581259 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m106419200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Using polymerase chain reaction-amplified fragments of cubilin, an endocytic receptor of molecular mass 460 kDa, we have identified two distinct ligand binding regions. Region 1 of molecular mass 71 kDa, which included the 113-residue N terminus along with the eight epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like repeats and CUB domains 1 and 2, and region 2 of molecular mass 37 kDa consisting of CUB domains 6-8 bound both intrinsic factor-cobalamin (vitamin B(12); Cbl) (IF-Cbl) and albumin. Within these two regions, the binding of both ligands was confined to a 110-115-residue stretch that encompassed either the 113-residue N terminus or CUB domain 7 and 8. Ca(2+) dependence of ligand binding or the ability of cubilin antiserum to inhibit ligand binding to the 113-residue N terminus was 60-65%. However, a combination of CUB domains 7 and 8 or 6-8 was needed to demonstrate significant Ca(2+) dependence or inhibition of ligand binding by cubilin antiserum. Antiserum to EGF inhibited albumin but not IF-Cbl binding to the N-terminal cubilin fragment that included the eight EGF-like repeats. While the presence of excess albumin had no effect on binding to IF-Cbl, IF-Cbl in excess was able to inhibit albumin binding to both regions of cubilin. Reductive alkylation of the 113-residue N terminus or CUB 6-8, CUB 7, or CUB 8 domain resulted in the abolishment of ligand binding. These results indicate that (a) cubilin contains two distinct regions that bind both IF-Cbl and albumin and that (b) binding of both IF-Cbl and albumin to each of these regions can be distinguished and is regulated by the nonassisted formation of local disulfide bonds.
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- R R Yammani
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin and the Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA
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Frate MC, Lietz EJ, Santos J, Rossi JP, Fink AL, Ermácora MR. Export and folding of signal-sequenceless Bacillus licheniformis beta-lactamase in Escherichia coli. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2000; 267:3836-47. [PMID: 10849003 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01422.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Two genetically engineered variants of the Bacillus licheniformis beta-lactamase gene were expressed in Escherichia coli. One variant coded for the exo-small mature enzyme without the signal peptide. The other coded for the exo-large mature enzyme preceded by 10, mostly polar, residues from an incomplete heterologous signal. As observed following the extraction by a lysozyme-EDTA treatment, the signal-less variant was exported to the periplasm with nearly 20% efficiency, whereas the variant with the N-terminal extension was translocated to a lesser degree; interestingly, nearly all of the former and half of the latter were extracted by osmotic shock, which may be of importance for our understanding of cellular compartments. The fact that a signal-less protein is translocated with substantial yields raises questions about the essential role of signal peptides for protein export. As folding and export are related processes, we investigated the folding in vitro of the two variants. No differences were found between them. In the absence of denaturant, they are completely folded, fully active and have a large DeltaG of unfolding. Under partially denaturing conditions they populate several partially folded states. The absence of significant amounts of a non-native state under native conditions makes a thermodynamic partitioning between folding and export less likely. In addition, kinetic measurements indicated that these B. licheniformis lactamases fold much faster than E. coli beta-lactamase. This behavior suggests that they are exported by a kinetically controlled process, mediated by one or more still unidentified interactions that slow folding and allow a folding intermediate to enter the export pathway.
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- M C Frate
- Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Bernal, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Diamond DL, Strobel S, Chun SY, Randall LL. Interaction of SecB with intermediates along the folding pathway of maltose-binding protein. Protein Sci 1995; 4:1118-23. [PMID: 7549876 PMCID: PMC2143153 DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560040610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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SecB, a molecular chaperone involved in protein export in Escherichia coli, displays the remarkable ability to selectively bind many different polypeptide ligands whose only common feature is that of being nonnative. The selectivity is explained in part by a kinetic partitioning between the folding of a polypeptide and its association with SecB. SecB has no affinity for native, stably folded polypeptides but interacts tightly with polypeptides that are nonnative. In order to better understand the nature of the binding, we have examined the interaction of SecB with intermediates along the folding pathway of maltose-binding protein. Taking advantage of forms of maltose-binding protein that are altered in their folding properties, we show that the first intermediate in folding, represented by the collapsed state, binds to SecB, and that the polypeptide remains active as a ligand until it crosses the final energy barrier to attain the native state.
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- D L Diamond
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Washington State University, Pullman 99164-4660, USA
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Unfolding of colicin A during its translocation through the Escherichia coli envelope as demonstrated by disulfide bond engineering. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)31465-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Falnes P, Choe S, Madshus I, Wilson B, Olsnes S. Inhibition of membrane translocation of diphtheria toxin A-fragment by internal disulfide bridges. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)37208-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Traxler B, Boyd D, Beckwith J. The topological analysis of integral cytoplasmic membrane proteins. J Membr Biol 1993; 132:1-11. [PMID: 8459445 DOI: 10.1007/bf00233047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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We review three general approaches to determining the topology of integral cytoplasmic membrane proteins. (i) Inspection of the amino acid sequence and use of algorithms to predict membrane spanning segments allows the construction of topological models. For many proteins, the mere identification of such segments and an analysis of the distribution of basic amino acids in hydrophilic domains leads to correct structure predictions. For others, additional factors must come into play in determining topology. (ii) Gene fusion analysis of membrane proteins, in many cases, leads to complete topological models. Such analyses have been carried out in both bacteria and in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Conflicts between results from gene fusion analysis and other approaches can be used to explore details of the process of membrane protein assembly. For instance, anomalies in gene fusion studies contributed evidence for the important role of basic amino acids in determining topology. (iii) Biochemical probes and the site of natural biochemical modifications of membrane proteins give information on their topology. Chemical modifiers, proteases and antibodies made to different domains of a membrane protein can identify which segments of the protein are in the cytoplasm and which are on the extracytoplasmic side of the membrane. Sites of such modifications as glycosylation and phosphorylation help to specify the location of particular hydrophilic domains. The advantages and limitations of these methods are discussed.
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- B Traxler
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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Tani K, Mizushima S. A chemically cross-linked nonlinear proOmpA molecule can be translocated into everted membrane vesicles of Escherichia coli in the presence of the proton motive force. FEBS Lett 1991; 285:127-31. [PMID: 1648509 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(91)80741-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The chemical cross-linking between the two cysteine residues at positions + 290 and + 302 of proOmpA was performed with N,N'-bis(3-maleimidopropionyl)-2-hydroxy-1,3-propanediamine. In the absence of the proton motive force (delta muH+), the cross-linked proOmpA was only partially translocated into everted membrane vesicles, leading to accumulation of translocation intermediates. In the presence of delta mu H+, the cross-linked proOmpA was completely translocated. The translocated OmpA still possessed the cross-linked loop composed of 13 amino acid residues and the cross-linker. It is concluded that polypeptide chains need not be necessarily linear and fully expanded to be translocated.
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- K Tani
- Institute of Applied Microbiology, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Nilsson B, Berman-Marks C, Kuntz ID, Anderson S. Secretion incompetence of bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor expressed in Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)49942-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Protein Sorting in the Secretory System of Plant Cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)61215-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/10/2023]
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Young MR, Andreadis J, Hu LT, Wolfe PB. Expression of acid phosphatase-beta-galactosidase hybrid proteins prevents translocation by depleting a soluble factor. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)45447-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Tani K, Tokuda H, Mizushima S. Translocation of ProOmpA possessing an intramolecular disulfide bridge into membrane vesicles of Escherichia coli. Effect of membrane energization. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)44908-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Dornmair K, McConnell HM. Refolding and reassembly of separate alpha and beta chains of class II molecules of the major histocompatibility complex leads to increased peptide-binding capacity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1990; 87:4134-8. [PMID: 2349223 PMCID: PMC54062 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.87.11.4134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Class II molecules of the major histocompatibility complex present antigenic peptides to helper T cells. These are heterodimeric glycoproteins consisting of one alpha and one beta chain. Two different alpha/beta heterodimeric conformations as well as the separate alpha and beta chains bind specific peptides. The alpha chain is thought to have one and the beta chain two intramolecular disulfide bonds. In the present study we have reduced these disulfide bonds in the murine major histocompatibility complex molecule I-Ad, which led to the release of bound peptides from all conformations and to unfolding of the separate chains. The separate alpha and beta chains could be refolded to their native structure by reoxidation of the cysteines. Refolding was accompanied by reassembly of the separated chains to the alpha/beta heterodimer. Both the separated alpha and beta chains and the alpha/beta heterodimer bound significantly higher amounts of antigenic peptide after reduction and reoxidation, as compared to the untreated protein.
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- K Dornmair
- Stauffer Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Stanford University, CA 94305
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Garvey EP, Matthews CR. Site-directed mutagenesis and its application to protein folding. BIOTECHNOLOGY (READING, MASS.) 1990; 14:37-63. [PMID: 2183900 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-409-90116-0.50011-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Saier MH, Werner PK, Müller M. Insertion of proteins into bacterial membranes: mechanism, characteristics, and comparisons with the eucaryotic process. Microbiol Rev 1989; 53:333-66. [PMID: 2677637 PMCID: PMC372740 DOI: 10.1128/mr.53.3.333-366.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The nucleus, like all organelles, is composed of a unique set of proteins. This article discusses the possible mechanisms for localization of only certain proteins to the nucleus, transport of proteins across the nuclear envelope, and retention of proteins in the nuclear interior. In addition, nuclear protein transport is compared with transport of proteins into the endoplasmic reticulum and the mitochondria.
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- P Silver
- Department of Biology, Princeton University, New Jersey
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Fulson DR, Cline K. A Soluble Protein Factor is Required in Vitro for Membrane Insertion of the Thylakoid Precursor Protein, pLHCP. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1988; 88:1146-53. [PMID: 16666435 PMCID: PMC1055731 DOI: 10.1104/pp.88.4.1146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The precursor to the light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b protein of photosystem II can insert into isolated thylakoid membranes if reaction mixtures also contain ATP and a soluble extract of chloroplasts. Optimization of this insertion process and the initial characterization of the soluble chloroplastic component are presented. With a fixed amount of precursor, maximum integration rates occurred during the first 30 minutes at pH 8.0 and 30 degrees C when the soluble chloroplast extract was increased eight-fold over the stoichiometric amount. Under these conditions, insertion was routinely about 60% of that which occurred during import into intact chloroplasts. Integration also increased virtually linearly with increasing amounts of precursor. However, assays revealed that at least 40% of the in vitro-synthesized pLHCP was pelletable and inactive. The soluble chloroplastic component exhibited characteristics expected of a protein. It was inactivated by heat, protease, and N-ethylmaleimide, but was insensitive to ribonuclease. The soluble component migrated on a Sephacryl S-200 gel filtration column as a single peak with an M(r) of approximately 65,000. The proteinaceous nature of this factor suggests a similarity to soluble factors required for protein transport/integration in other membrane systems.
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- D R Fulson
- Fruit Crops Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611
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Nevalainen LT, Makarow M. Intracellular transport in interphase and mitotic yeast cells. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1988; 178:39-46. [PMID: 3060360 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1988.tb14426.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- L T Nevalainen
- Recombinant DNA Laboratory, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Kumamoto CA, Gannon PM. Effects of Escherichia coli secB mutations on pre-maltose binding protein conformation and export kinetics. J Biol Chem 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)37994-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Roitsch T, Lehle L. Post-translational translocation of polypeptides across the mammalian endoplasmic reticulum membrane is size and ribosome dependent. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1988; 174:699-705. [PMID: 3292239 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1988.tb14154.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The translation and translocation of two yeast glycoproteins, invertase and carboxypeptidase Y, were studied in a heterologous cell-free translation system from reticulocytes supplemented with dog pancreas microsomes. Using in vitro synthesized mRNA transcripts, encoding complete or truncated invertase forms, the influence of polypeptide size and ribosome dependence was studied. It was found that C-terminal truncated fragments of 25 kDa, i.e. a size larger than the average size of a domain structure, are translocated and processed post-translationally with a similar efficiency to the cotranslational events. Post-translational import decreases with increasing peptide chain, mature polypeptide (60 kDa) being no longer translocated. Post-translational competence is only maintained as long as the peptide remains associated with ribosomes. Translocation of invertase depends on the presence of the leader peptide and requires energy independent of protein synthesis. Size dependence of post-translational import could also be demonstrated for carboxypeptidase Y.
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- T Roitsch
- Universität Regensburg, Fakultät für Biologie und Vorklinische Medizin, Federal Republic of Germany
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Sam-Yellowe TY, Shio H, Perkins ME. Secretion of Plasmodium falciparum rhoptry protein into the plasma membrane of host erythrocytes. J Cell Biol 1988; 106:1507-13. [PMID: 2453514 PMCID: PMC2115054 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.106.5.1507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The rhoptry is an organelle of the malarial merozoite which has been suggested to play a role in parasite invasion of its host cell, the erythrocyte. A monoclonal antibody selected for reactivity with this organelle identifies a parasite synthesized protein of 110 kD. From biosynthetic labeling experiments it was demonstrated that the protein is synthesized midway through the erythrocytic cycle (the trophozoite stage) but immunofluorescence indicates the protein is not localized in the organelle until the final stage (segmenter stage) of intraerythrocytic development. Immunoelectron microscopy shows that the protein is localized in the matrix of the rhoptry organelle and on membranous whorls secreted from the merozoite. mAb recognition of the protein is dithiothreitol (DTT) labile, indicating that the conformation of the epitope is dependent on a disulfide linkage. During erythrocyte reinvasion by the extracellular merozoite, immunofluorescence shows the rhoptry protein discharging from the merozoite and spreading around the surface of the erythrocyte. The protein is located in the plasma membrane of the newly invaded erythrocyte. These studies suggest that the 110-kD rhoptry protein is inserted into the membrane of the host erythrocyte during merozoite invasion.
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- T Y Sam-Yellowe
- Laboratory of Biochemical Cytology, Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021
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Thielens NM, Lohner K, Esser AF. Human complement protein C9 is a calcium binding protein. Structural and functional implications. J Biol Chem 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)68693-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Hansen W, Walter P. Prepro-carboxypeptidase Y and a truncated form of pre-invertase, but not full-length pre-invertase, can be posttranslationally translocated across microsomal vesicle membranes from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 1988; 106:1075-81. [PMID: 3283144 PMCID: PMC2115026 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.106.4.1075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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We have determined that prepro-carboxypeptidase Y and a truncated form of pre-invertase can be translocated across the yeast microsomal membrane post-translationally in a homologous in vitro system. The yeast secretory protein prepro-alpha-factor which was previously shown to be an efficient posttranslational translocation substrate is therefore not unique in this regard, but rather the yeast ER protein translocation machinery is generally capable of accepting substrates from a ribosome-free, soluble pool. However, within our detection limits, full-length pre-invertase could not be translocated posttranslationally, but was translocated co-translationally. This indicates that not every fully synthesized pre-protein can use this pathway, presumably because normal or aberrant folding characteristics can interfere with translocation competence.
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- W Hansen
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California Medical School, San Francisco 94143-0448
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Chao CC, Bird P. Uncoupling of translocation across microsomal membranes from biosynthesis of influenza virus hemagglutinin. J Cell Biochem 1988; 36:289-95. [PMID: 3379104 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.240360309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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This communication presents our recent studies on the biosynthesis of influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) in a mammalian-cell-free system and its translocation across microsomal membranes. RNAs coding for wild-type (full-length) and mutant (truncated) forms of HA were generated by in vitro transcription by using bacteriophage T7 DNA-dependent RNA polymerase. These RNAs were translated in a rabbit reticulocyte system that was supplemented with dog pancreas membranes, either before translation was initiated or after it had been artificially terminated with the antibiotic cycloheximide. All forms of HA could be cotranslationally translocated. However, only truncated molecules (83% of full length) could translocate after protein synthesis had been terminated. Posttranslational translocation was dependent on the presence of a functional N-terminal signal sequence and occurred only in the presence of ribosomes. The molecular mechanism of protein targeting and translocation across the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum is discussed based on the signal hypothesis.
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- C C Chao
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas 75235
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Park S, Liu G, Topping TB, Cover WH, Randall LL. Modulation of folding pathways of exported proteins by the leader sequence. Science 1988; 239:1033-5. [PMID: 3278378 DOI: 10.1126/science.3278378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 203] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Leader peptides that function to direct export of proteins through membranes have some common features but exhibit a remarkable sequence diversity. Thus there is some question whether leader peptides exert their function through conventional stereospecific protein-protein interaction. Here it is shown that the leader peptides retarded the folding of precursor maltose-binding protein and ribose-binding protein from Escherichia coli. This kinetic effect may be crucial in allowing precursors to enter the export pathway.
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- S Park
- Biochemistry/Biophysics Program, Washington State University, Pullman 99164
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Folz RJ, Nothwehr SF, Gordon JI. Substrate specificity of eukaryotic signal peptidase. Site-saturation mutagenesis at position -1 regulates cleavage between multiple sites in human pre (delta pro) apolipoprotein A-II. J Biol Chem 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)77986-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Posttranslational translocation of influenza virus hemagglutinin across microsomal membranes. Mol Cell Biol 1988. [PMID: 3683400 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.7.10.3842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The biosynthesis of influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) and its translocation across microsomal membranes were studied in a mammalian cell-free system. All forms of HA could be cotranslationally translocated with high efficiency. However, only truncated forms of HA were translocated after protein synthesis has been terminated. The efficiency of this posttranslational translocation was dependent on the extent of the truncation. Posttranslational translocation was ribosome dependent and occurred only in the presence of a functional N-terminal signal sequence. The molecular mechanism of protein targeting and translocation across the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum is discussed.
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Mishkind ML, Scioli SE. Recent developments in chloroplast protein transport. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 1988; 19:153-184. [PMID: 24425372 DOI: 10.1007/bf00114573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/1987] [Accepted: 01/03/1988] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Most proteins located in chloroplasts are encoded by nuclear genes, synthesized in the cytoplasm, and transported into the organelle. The study of protein uptake by chloroplasts has greatly expanded over the past few years. The increased activity in this field is due, in part, to the application of recombinant DNA methodology to the analysis of protein translocation. Added interest has also been gained by the realization that the transport mechanisms that mediate protein uptake by chloroplasts, mitochondria and the endoplasmic reticulum display certain characteristics in common. These include amino terminal sequences that target proteins to particular organelles, a transport process that is mechanistically independent from the events of translation, and an ATP-requiring transport step that is thought to involve partial unfolding of the protein to be translocated. In this review we examine recent studies on the binding of precursors to the chloroplast surface, the energy-dependent uptake of proteins into the stroma, and the targeting of proteins to the thylakoid lumen. These aspects of protein transport into chloroplasts are discussed in the context of recent studies on protein uptake by mitochondria.
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- M L Mishkind
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Cook College, Rutgers University, Lipman Hall, 08903, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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The effects of deleting the propeptide from human preproapolipoprotein A-I on co-translational translocation and signal peptidase processing. J Biol Chem 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)45513-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Chao CC, Bird P, Gething MJ, Sambrook J. Posttranslational translocation of influenza virus hemagglutinin across microsomal membranes. Mol Cell Biol 1987; 7:3842-5. [PMID: 3683400 PMCID: PMC368044 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.7.10.3842-3845.1987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The biosynthesis of influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) and its translocation across microsomal membranes were studied in a mammalian cell-free system. All forms of HA could be cotranslationally translocated with high efficiency. However, only truncated forms of HA were translocated after protein synthesis has been terminated. The efficiency of this posttranslational translocation was dependent on the extent of the truncation. Posttranslational translocation was ribosome dependent and occurred only in the presence of a functional N-terminal signal sequence. The molecular mechanism of protein targeting and translocation across the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum is discussed.
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- C C Chao
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center, Dallas 75235
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Ibrahimi I. Dithiothreitol and the translocation of preprolactin across mammalian endoplasmic reticulum. J Cell Biol 1987; 105:1555-60. [PMID: 3667690 PMCID: PMC2114654 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.105.4.1555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The translocation mode of preprolactin (pPL) across mammalian endoplasmic reticulum was reinvestigated in light of recent findings that nascent secretory polypeptides synthesized in the presence of a highly reducing environment could be translocated posttranslationally and independently of their attachment to the ribosome (Maher, P. A., and S. J. Singer, 1986, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 83:9001-9005). The effects of the reducing agent dithiothreitol (DTT) on pPL synthesis and translocation were studied in this respect. The translocation of pPL was shown to take place only cotranslationally. The apparent posttranslational translocation was due to ongoing chain synthesis irrespective of the presence of high concentrations of DTT. When synthesis was completely blocked, no translocation was observed in the presence or absence of DTT. The synthesis of pPL was retarded by DTT, while its percent translocation was enhanced. The retardation in synthesis was reflected in reduced rates of initiation and elongation. As a consequence of this retardation, which increases the ratio of microsomes to nascent chains, and of possible effects on the conformation of nascent pPL and components of the translocation apparatus, DTT may expand the time and chain length windows for nascent chain translocation competence.
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- I Ibrahimi
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany
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Singer SJ, Maher PA, Yaffe MP. On the transfer of integral proteins into membranes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1987; 84:1960-4. [PMID: 3470770 PMCID: PMC304561 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.84.7.1960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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We have earlier proposed a molecular mechanism for the translocation of hydrophilic proteins across membranes that accounts for the experimental facts and meets the restrictions that we stipulate for such a mechanism. In particular, the restrictions are that translocation occurs by successive segments of the polypeptide chain and that the ionic groups of the polypeptide remain in contact with water throughout the translocation process. The evidence indicates that the transfer of integral proteins into membranes very likely uses the same molecular machinery as does the translocation of hydrophilic proteins across membranes. Here we show how the mechanism we have proposed for translocation can also be utilized in the intercalation of known types of integral proteins, accounting for their specific topologies in the membrane.
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Singer SJ, Maher PA, Yaffe MP. On the translocation of proteins across membranes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1987; 84:1015-9. [PMID: 3469644 PMCID: PMC304352 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.84.4.1015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Many proteins of intracellular organelles are first synthesized in the cytoplasm and are then specifically transferred across the membranes of the organelles. On the assumption that these transfers all occur by the same basic mechanism, we enumerate the rather stringent requirements that the mechanism must satisfy. A unitary molecular mechanism is then proposed that meets these requirements.
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