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Lamy A, Macarini-Bruzaferro E, Dieudonné T, Perálvarez-Marín A, Lenoir G, Montigny C, le Maire M, Vázquez-Ibar JL. ATP2, The essential P4-ATPase of malaria parasites, catalyzes lipid-stimulated ATP hydrolysis in complex with a Cdc50 β-subunit. Emerg Microbes Infect 2021; 10:132-147. [PMID: 33372863 PMCID: PMC7832587 DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2020.1870413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
Abstract
Gene targeting approaches have demonstrated the essential role for the malaria parasite of membrane transport proteins involved in lipid transport and in the maintenance of membrane lipid asymmetry, representing emerging oportunites for therapeutical intervention. This is the case of ATP2, a Plasmodium-encoded 4 P-type ATPase (P4-ATPase or lipid flippase), whose activity is completely irreplaceable during the asexual stages of the parasite. Moreover, a recent chemogenomic study has situated ATP2 as the possible target of two antimalarial drug candidates. In eukaryotes, P4-ATPases assure the asymmetric phospholipid distribution in membranes by translocating phospholipids from the outer to the inner leaflet. In this work, we have used a recombinantly-produced P. chabaudi ATP2 (PcATP2), to gain insights into the function and structural organization of this essential transporter. Our work demonstrates that PcATP2 associates with two of the three Plasmodium-encoded Cdc50 proteins: PcCdc50B and PcCdc50A. Purified PcATP2/PcCdc50B complex displays ATPase activity in the presence of either phosphatidylserine or phosphatidylethanolamine. In addition, this activity is upregulated by phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate. Overall, our work describes the first biochemical characterization of a Plasmodium lipid flippase, a first step towards the understanding of the essential physiological role of this transporter and towards its validation as a potential antimalarial drug target.
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- Anaïs Lamy
- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France.,Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France.,Department of Clinical Medicine (FMUSP), University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France.,DANDRITE, Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Biophysics Unit, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallés, Spain
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Arneth B. Insulin gene mutations and posttranslational and translocation defects: associations with diabetes. Endocrine 2020; 70:488-497. [PMID: 32656694 DOI: 10.1007/s12020-020-02413-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The mechanism underlying the pathogenesis of diabetes is complex and poorly understood. Recent investigations have revealed that insulin gene mutations can lead to the development of specific subtypes of diabetes. This systematic review aimed to explore the associations of insulin gene mutations and insulin translocation defects with diabetes. This review was generated using articles from PsycINFO, PubMed, Web of Science, and CINAHL. Search terms and phrases such as "diabetes," "mutations," "insulin," "preproinsulin," "INS gene," "role," "VNTR polymorphisms," and "INS promotor" were used to identify articles relevant to the research topic. The gathered data showed the significant role of insulin gene mutations and insulin translocation defects during diabetes development and progression. Genetic changes can adversely affect the development of various types of diabetes, such as neonatal diabetes mellitus and MIDY. Genetic alterations can affect insulin production, thus compromising the regulation of glucose utilization by tissues. Targeting insulin gene mutations is a potential new avenue for diagnosing and managing diabetes. There are specific subcategories of diabetes, such as MIDY and neonatal diabetes mellitus, caused by insulin gene mutations and defects in posttranslational modification. Further investigations are needed to examine the diagnostic and therapeutic potential of mutation-based biomarkers.
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- Borros Arneth
- Institute of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiochemistry, Molecular Diagnostics, University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg (UKGM), Justus Liebig University Giessen, Feulgenstr 12, 35332, Giessen, Germany.
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Kida Y, Sakaguchi M. Interaction mapping of the Sec61 translocon identifies two Sec61α regions interacting with hydrophobic segments in translocating chains. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:17050-17060. [PMID: 30213864 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.003219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2018] [Revised: 08/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Many proteins in organelles of the secretory pathway, as well as secretory proteins, are translocated across and inserted into the endoplasmic reticulum membrane by the Sec61 translocon, a protein-conducting channel. The channel consists of 10 transmembrane (TM) segments of the Sec61α subunit and possesses an opening between TM2b and TM7, termed the lateral gate. Structural and biochemical analyses of complexes of Sec61 and its ortholog SecY have revealed that the lateral gate is the exit for signal sequences and TM segments of translocating polypeptides to the lipid bilayer and also involved in the recognition of such hydrophobic sequences. Moreover, even marginally hydrophobic (mH) segments insufficient for membrane integration can be transiently stalled in surrounding Sec61α regions and cross-linked to them, but how the Sec61 translocon accommodates these mH segments remains unclear. Here, we used Cys-scanned variants of human Sec61α expressed in cultured 293-H cells to examine which channel regions associate with mH segments. A TM segment in a ribosome-associated polypeptide was mainly cross-linked to positions at the lateral gate, whereas an mH segment in a nascent chain was cross-linked to the Sec61α pore-interior positions at TM5 and TM10, as well as the lateral gate. Of note, cross-linking at position 180 in TM5 of Sec61α was reduced by an I179A substitution. We therefore conclude that at least two Sec61α regions, the lateral gate and the pore-interior site around TM5, interact with mH segments and are involved in accommodating them.
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- Yuichiro Kida
- From the Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, 3-2-1 Kouto, Kamigori, Ako-gun, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
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- From the Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, 3-2-1 Kouto, Kamigori, Ako-gun, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
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Guo H, Sun J, Li X, Xiong Y, Wang H, Shu H, Zhu R, Liu Q, Huang Y, Madley R, Wang Y, Cui J, Arvan P, Liu M. Positive charge in the n-region of the signal peptide contributes to efficient post-translational translocation of small secretory preproteins. J Biol Chem 2017; 293:1899-1907. [PMID: 29229776 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra117.000922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2017] [Revised: 11/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Increasing evidence indicates that many small secretory preproteins can undergo post-translational translocation across the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum. Although the cellular machinery involved in post-translational translocation of small secretory preproteins has begun to be elucidated, the intrinsic signals contained within these small secretory preproteins that contribute to their efficient post-translational translocation remain unknown. Here, we analyzed the eukaryotic secretory proteome and discovered the small secretory preproteins tend to have a higher probability to harbor the positive charge in the n-region of the signal peptide (SP). Eliminating the positive charge of the n-region blocked post-translational translocation of newly synthesized preproteins and selectively impaired translocation efficiency of small secretory preproteins. The pathophysiological significance of the positive charge in the n-region of SP was underscored by recently identified preproinsulin SP mutations that impair translocation of preproinsulin and cause maturity onset diabetes of youth (MODY). Remarkably, we have found that slowing the polypeptide elongation rate of small secretory preproteins could alleviate the translocation defect caused by loss of the n-region positive charge of the signal peptide. Together, these data reveal not only a previously unrecognized role of the n-region's positive charge in ensuring efficient post-translational translocation of small secretory preproteins, but they also highlight the molecular contribution of defects in this process to the pathogenesis of genetic disorders such as MODY.
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- Huan Guo
- From the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China.,the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, and
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- From the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China.,the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, and
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- From the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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- the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, and
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- From the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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- From the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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- From the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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- From the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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- From the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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- the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, and
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- the Division of Endocrinology, Tianjin People's Hospital, Tianjin 300120, China
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- From the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
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- the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, and
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- From the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China, .,the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, and
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Kida Y, Ishihara Y, Fujita H, Onishi Y, Sakaguchi M. Stability and flexibility of marginally hydrophobic-segment stalling at the endoplasmic reticulum translocon. Mol Biol Cell 2016; 27:930-40. [PMID: 26823014 PMCID: PMC4791137 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e15-09-0672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2015] [Accepted: 01/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Many membrane proteins are integrated into the endoplasmic reticulum membrane through the protein-conducting channel, the translocon. Transmembrane segments with insufficient hydrophobicity for membrane integration are frequently found in multispanning membrane proteins, and such marginally hydrophobic (mH) segments should be accommodated, at least transiently, at the membrane. Here we investigated how mH-segments stall at the membrane and their stability. Our findings show that mH-segments can be retained at the membrane without moving into the lipid phase and that such segments flank Sec61α, the core channel of the translocon, in the translational intermediate state. The mH-segments are gradually transferred from the Sec61 channel to the lipid environment in a hydrophobicity-dependent manner, and this lateral movement may be affected by the ribosome. In addition, stalling mH-segments allow for insertion of the following transmembrane segment, forming an Ncytosol/Clumen orientation, suggesting that mH-segments can move laterally to accommodate the next transmembrane segment. These findings suggest that mH-segments may be accommodated at the ER membrane with lateral fluctuation between the Sec61 channel and the lipid phase.
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- Yuichiro Kida
- Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Kamigori, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Kamigori, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Kamigori, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Kamigori, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Kamigori, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
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Kang K, Takahara M, Sakaue H, Sakaguchi M. Capsid protease domain as a tool for assessing protein-domain folding during organelle import of nascent polypeptides in living cells. J Biochem 2015; 159:497-508. [DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvv129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2015] [Accepted: 11/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Martinez-Gil L, Mingarro I. Viroporins, Examples of the Two-Stage Membrane Protein Folding Model. Viruses 2015; 7:3462-82. [PMID: 26131957 PMCID: PMC4517110 DOI: 10.3390/v7072781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2015] [Revised: 06/15/2015] [Accepted: 06/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Viroporins are small, α-helical, hydrophobic virus encoded proteins, engineered to form homo-oligomeric hydrophilic pores in the host membrane. Viroporins participate in multiple steps of the viral life cycle, from entry to budding. As any other membrane protein, viroporins have to find the way to bury their hydrophobic regions into the lipid bilayer. Once within the membrane, the hydrophobic helices of viroporins interact with each other to form higher ordered structures required to correctly perform their porating activities. This two-step process resembles the two-stage model proposed for membrane protein folding by Engelman and Poppot. In this review we use the membrane protein folding model as a leading thread to analyze the mechanism and forces behind the membrane insertion and folding of viroporins. We start by describing the transmembrane segment architecture of viroporins, including the number and sequence characteristics of their membrane-spanning domains. Next, we connect the differences found among viroporin families to their viral genome organization, and finalize focusing on the pathways used by viroporins in their way to the membrane and on the transmembrane helix-helix interactions required to achieve proper folding and assembly.
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- Luis Martinez-Gil
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ERI BioTecMed, University of Valencia, Dr. Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot, Spain.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ERI BioTecMed, University of Valencia, Dr. Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot, Spain.
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Liu M, Sun J, Cui J, Chen W, Guo H, Barbetti F, Arvan P. INS-gene mutations: from genetics and beta cell biology to clinical disease. Mol Aspects Med 2014; 42:3-18. [PMID: 25542748 DOI: 10.1016/j.mam.2014.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2014] [Revised: 12/02/2014] [Accepted: 12/04/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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A growing list of insulin gene mutations causing a new form of monogenic diabetes has drawn increasing attention over the past seven years. The mutations have been identified in the untranslated regions of the insulin gene as well as the coding sequence of preproinsulin including within the signal peptide, insulin B-chain, C-peptide, insulin A-chain, and the proteolytic cleavage sites both for signal peptidase and the prohormone convertases. These mutations affect a variety of different steps of insulin biosynthesis in pancreatic beta cells. Importantly, although many of these mutations cause proinsulin misfolding with early onset autosomal dominant diabetes, some of the mutant alleles appear to engage different cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie beta cell failure and diabetes. In this article, we review the most recent advances in the field and discuss challenges as well as potential strategies to prevent/delay the development and progression of autosomal dominant diabetes caused by INS-gene mutations. It is worth noting that although diabetes caused by INS gene mutations is rare, increasing evidence suggests that defects in the pathway of insulin biosynthesis may also be involved in the progression of more common types of diabetes. Collectively, the (pre)proinsulin mutants provide insightful molecular models to better understand the pathogenesis of all forms of diabetes in which preproinsulin processing defects, proinsulin misfolding, and ER stress are involved.
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- Ming Liu
- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, 300052, China; Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA.
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- Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, 300052, China
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- Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA
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- Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Tor Vergata, Rome and Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA.
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Cymer F, von Heijne G, White SH. Mechanisms of integral membrane protein insertion and folding. J Mol Biol 2014; 427:999-1022. [PMID: 25277655 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2014.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 243] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2014] [Revised: 09/13/2014] [Accepted: 09/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The biogenesis, folding, and structure of α-helical membrane proteins (MPs) are important to understand because they underlie virtually all physiological processes in cells including key metabolic pathways, such as the respiratory chain and the photosystems, as well as the transport of solutes and signals across membranes. Nearly all MPs require translocons--often referred to as protein-conducting channels--for proper insertion into their target membrane. Remarkable progress toward understanding the structure and functioning of translocons has been made during the past decade. Here, we review and assess this progress critically. All available evidence indicates that MPs are equilibrium structures that achieve their final structural states by folding along thermodynamically controlled pathways. The main challenge for cells is the targeting and membrane insertion of highly hydrophobic amino acid sequences. Targeting and insertion are managed in cells principally by interactions between ribosomes and membrane-embedded translocons. Our review examines the biophysical and biological boundaries of MP insertion and the folding of polytopic MPs in vivo. A theme of the review is the under-appreciated role of basic thermodynamic principles in MP folding and assembly. Thermodynamics not only dictates the final folded structure but also is the driving force for the evolution of the ribosome-translocon system of assembly. We conclude the review with a perspective suggesting a new view of translocon-guided MP insertion.
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- Florian Cymer
- Center for Biomembrane Research, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm
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- Center for Biomembrane Research, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm.,Science for Life Laboratory Stockholm University, Box 1031, SE-171 21 Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics and the Center for Biomembrane Systems University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA 92697
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Yamagishi M, Onishi Y, Yoshimura S, Fujita H, Imai K, Kida Y, Sakaguchi M. A few positively charged residues slow movement of a polypeptide chain across the endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Biochemistry 2014; 53:5375-83. [PMID: 25093244 DOI: 10.1021/bi500649y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Many polypeptide chains are translocated across and integrated into the endoplasmic reticulum membrane through protein-conducting channels. During the process, amino acid sequences of translocating polypeptide chains are scanned by the channels and classified to be retained in the membrane or translocated into the lumen. We established an experimental system with which the kinetic effect of each amino acid residue on the polypeptide chain movement can be analyzed with a time resolution of tens of seconds. Positive charges greatly slow movement; only two lysine residues caused a remarkable slow down, and their effects were additive. The lysine residue was more effective than arginine. In contrast, clusters comprising three residues of each of the other 18 amino acids had little effect on chain movement. We also demonstrated that a four lysine cluster can exert the effect after being fully exposed from the ribosome. We concluded that as few as two to three residues of positively charged amino acids can slow the movement of the nascent polypeptide chain across the endoplasmic reticulum membrane. This effect provides a fundamental basis of the topogenic function of positively charged amino acids.
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- Marifu Yamagishi
- Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo , Kouto Ako-gun, Hyogo 678-1297 Japan
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Guo H, Xiong Y, Witkowski P, Cui J, Wang LJ, Sun J, Lara-Lemus R, Haataja L, Hutchison K, Shan SO, Arvan P, Liu M. Inefficient translocation of preproinsulin contributes to pancreatic β cell failure and late-onset diabetes. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:16290-302. [PMID: 24770419 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.562355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Among the defects in the early events of insulin biosynthesis, proinsulin misfolding and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress have drawn increasing attention as causes of β cell failure. However, no studies have yet addressed potential defects at the cytosolic entry point of preproinsulin into the secretory pathway. Here, we provide the first evidence that inefficient translocation of preproinsulin (caused by loss of a positive charge in the n region of its signal sequence) contributes to β cell failure and diabetes. Specifically, we find that, after targeting to the ER membrane, preproinsulin signal peptide (SP) mutants associated with autosomal dominant late-onset diabetes fail to be fully translocated across the ER membrane. The newly synthesized, untranslocated preproinsulin remains strongly associated with the ER membrane, exposing its proinsulin moiety to the cytosol. Rather than accumulating in the ER and inducing ER stress, untranslocated preproinsulin accumulates in a juxtanuclear compartment distinct from the Golgi complex, induces the expression of heat shock protein 70 (HSP70), and promotes β cell death. Restoring an N-terminal positive charge to the mutant preproinsulin SP significantly improves the translocation defect. These findings not only reveal a novel molecular pathogenesis of β cell failure and diabetes but also provide the first evidence of the physiological and pathological significance of the SP n region positive charge of secretory proteins.
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- Huan Guo
- From the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Diabetes, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105
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- From the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Diabetes, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105
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- the Division of Organ Transplantation, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637
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- From the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Diabetes, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, the Division of Metabolism, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China 300052
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- the Division of Organ Transplantation, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637
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- From the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Diabetes, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105
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- From the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Diabetes, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, the Department of Research in Biochemistry, National Institute of Respiratory Diseases "Ismael Cosío Villegas", Mexico City 14080, Mexico, and
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- From the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Diabetes, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105
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- From the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Diabetes, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105
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- the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
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- From the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Diabetes, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105,
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- From the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Diabetes, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, the Division of Metabolism, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China 300052,
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Onishi Y, Yamagishi M, Imai K, Fujita H, Kida Y, Sakaguchi M. Stop-and-Move of a Marginally Hydrophobic Segment Translocating across the Endoplasmic Reticulum Membrane. J Mol Biol 2013; 425:3205-16. [PMID: 23747484 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2013.05.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2013] [Revised: 05/28/2013] [Accepted: 05/30/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Phosphatidylserine-binding protein lactadherin inhibits protein translocation across the ER membrane. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2013; 434:620-6. [PMID: 23583395 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.03.131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2013] [Accepted: 03/29/2013] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Secretory and membrane proteins are translocated across and inserted into the endoplasmic reticulum membrane via translocon channels. To investigate the effect of the negatively-charged phospholipid phosphatidylserine on the translocation of nascent polypeptide chains through the translocon, we used the phosphatidylserine-binding protein lactadherin C2-domain. Lactadherin inhibited targeting of nascent chain to the translocon by signal sequence and the initiation of translocation. Moreover, lactadherin inhibited the movement of the translocating polypeptide chain regardless of the presence or absence of positively-charged residues. Phosphatidylserine might be critically involved in translocon function, but it is not a major determinant for translocation arrest of positively-charged residues.
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Tail-extension following the termination codon is critical for release of the nascent chain from membrane-bound ribosomes in a reticulocyte lysate cell-free system. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2013; 430:567-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.11.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2012] [Accepted: 11/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Zhang B, Miller TF. Long-timescale dynamics and regulation of Sec-facilitated protein translocation. Cell Rep 2012; 2:927-37. [PMID: 23084746 PMCID: PMC3483636 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2012.08.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2012] [Revised: 07/21/2012] [Accepted: 08/31/2012] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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We present a coarse-grained modeling approach that spans the nanosecond- to minute-timescale dynamics of cotranslational protein translocation. The method enables direct simulation of both integral membrane protein topogenesis and transmembrane domain (TM) stop-transfer efficiency. Simulations reveal multiple kinetic pathways for protein integration, including a mechanism in which the nascent protein undergoes slow-timescale reorientation, or flipping, in the confined environment of the translocon channel. Competition among these pathways gives rise to the experimentally observed dependence of protein topology on ribosomal translation rate and protein length. We further demonstrate that sigmoidal dependence of stop-transfer efficiency on TM hydrophobicity arises from local equilibration of the TM across the translocon lateral gate, and it is predicted that slowing ribosomal translation yields decreased stop-transfer efficiency in long proteins. This work reveals the balance between equilibrium and nonequilibrium processes in protein targeting, and it provides insight into the molecular regulation of the Sec translocon.
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- Bin Zhang
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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Yamamoto H, Fujita H, Kida Y, Sakaguchi M. Pleiotropic effects of membrane cholesterol upon translocation of protein across the endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Biochemistry 2012; 51:3596-605. [PMID: 22493992 DOI: 10.1021/bi2018915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Various proteins are translocated through and inserted into the endoplasmic reticulum membrane via translocon channels. The hydrophobic segments of signal sequences initiate translocation, and those on translocating polypeptides interrupt translocation to be inserted into the membrane. Positive charges suppress translocation to regulate the orientation of the signal sequences. Here, we investigated the effect of membrane cholesterol on the translocational behavior of nascent chains in a cell-free system. We found that the three distinct translocation processes were sensitive to membrane cholesterol. Cholesterol inhibited the initiation of translocation by the signal sequence, and the extent of inhibition depended on the signal sequence. Even when initiation was not inhibited, cholesterol impeded the movement of the positively charged residues of the translocating polypeptide chain. In surprising contrast, cholesterol enhanced the translocation of hydrophobic sequences through the translocon. On the basis of these findings, we propose that membrane cholesterol greatly affects partitioning of hydrophobic segments into the membrane and impedes the movement of positive charges.
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- Hitoshi Yamamoto
- Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Kouto 3-2-1, Ako-gun, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
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Ojemalm K, Halling KK, Nilsson I, von Heijne G. Orientational preferences of neighboring helices can drive ER insertion of a marginally hydrophobic transmembrane helix. Mol Cell 2012; 45:529-40. [PMID: 22281052 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2011.12.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2011] [Revised: 08/19/2011] [Accepted: 12/27/2011] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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α-helical integral membrane proteins critically depend on the correct insertion of their transmembrane α helices into the lipid bilayer for proper folding, yet a surprisingly large fraction of the transmembrane α helices in multispanning integral membrane proteins are not sufficiently hydrophobic to insert into the target membrane by themselves. How can such marginally hydrophobic segments nevertheless form transmembrane helices in the folded structure? Here, we show that a transmembrane helix with a strong orientational preference (N(cyt)-C(lum) or N(lum)-C(cyt)) can both increase and decrease the hydrophobicity threshold for membrane insertion of a neighboring, marginally hydrophobic helix. This effect helps explain the "missing hydrophobicity" in polytopic membrane proteins.
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- Karin Ojemalm
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Center for Biomembrane Research, Stockholm University, Sweden
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Fujita H, Yamagishi M, Kida Y, Sakaguchi M. Positive charges on the translocating polypeptide chain arrest movement through the translocon. J Cell Sci 2012; 124:4184-93. [PMID: 22223880 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.086850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Polypeptide chains synthesized by membrane-bound ribosomes are translocated through, and integrated into, the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane by means of the protein translocation channel, the translocon. Positive charges on the nascent chain determine the orientation of the hydrophobic segment as it is inserted into the translocon and enhance the stop-translocation of translocating hydrophobic segments. Here we show that positive charges temporarily arrested ongoing polypeptide chain movement through the ER translocon by electrostatic interaction, even in the absence of a hydrophobic segment. The C-terminus of the polypeptide chain was elongated during the arrest, and then the full-length polypeptide chain moved through the translocon. The translocation-arrested polypeptide was not anchored to the membrane and the charges were on the cytoplasmic side of the membrane. The arrest effect was prevented by negatively charged residues inserted into the positive-charge cluster, and it was also suppressed by high salt conditions. We propose that positive charges are independent translocation regulators that are more active than previously believed.
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- Hidenobu Fujita
- Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Kouto Ako-gun, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
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Integral membrane proteins of the cell surface and most intracellular compartments of eukaryotic cells are assembled at the endoplasmic reticulum. Two highly conserved and parallel pathways mediate membrane protein targeting to and insertion into this organelle. The classical cotranslational pathway, utilized by most membrane proteins, involves targeting by the signal recognition particle followed by insertion via the Sec61 translocon. A more specialized posttranslational pathway, employed by many tail-anchored membrane proteins, is composed of entirely different factors centered around a cytosolic ATPase termed TRC40 or Get3. Both of these pathways overcome the same biophysical challenges of ferrying hydrophobic cargo through an aqueous milieu, selectively delivering it to one among several intracellular membranes and asymmetrically integrating its transmembrane domain(s) into the lipid bilayer. Here, we review the conceptual and mechanistic themes underlying these core membrane protein insertion pathways, the complexities that challenge our understanding, and future directions to overcome these obstacles.
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- Sichen Shao
- Cell Biology and Metabolism Program, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Yamagishi M, Fujita H, Morimoto F, Kida Y, Sakaguchi M. A sugar chain at a specific position in the nascent polypeptide chain induces forward movement during translocation through the translocon. J Biochem 2011; 149:591-600. [PMID: 21278156 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvr011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Nascent polypeptide chains synthesized by membrane bound ribosomes are cotranslationally translocated through and integrated into the endoplasmic reticulum translocon. Hydrophobic segments and positive charges on the chain are critical to halt the ongoing translocation. A marginally hydrophobic segment, which cannot be inserted into the membrane by itself, can be a transmembrane segment depending on its downstream positive charges. In certain conditions, positive charges even 60 residues downstream cause the marginally hydrophobic segment to span the membrane by inducing the segment to slide back from the lumen. Here we systematically examined the effect of a core sugar chain on the fate of a marginally hydrophobic segment using a cell-free translation and translocation system. A sugar chain added within 12 residues upstream of the marginally hydrophobic segment prevents the sliding back and promotes forward movement of the polypeptide chain. The sugar chain apparently functions as a ratchet to keep the polypeptide chain in the lumen. We propose that the sugar chain is a third topology determinant of membrane proteins, in addition to a hydrophobic segment and positive charges of the nascent chain.
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- Marifu Yamagishi
- Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Kouto Ako-gun, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
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