Dalley, J.A. and Bulleid, N.J. (2003) The endoplasmic eeticulum (ER) translocon can differentiate between hydrophobic sequences allowing signals for glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor addition to be fully translocated into the ER lumen. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 278(51), pp. 51749-51757. (doi: 10.1074/jbc.M303978200)
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Abstract
The signal sequence within polypeptide chains that designates whether a protein is to be anchored to the membrane by a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor is characterized by a carboxyl-terminal hydrophobic domain preceded by a short hydrophilic spacer linked to the GPI anchor attachment (ω) site. The hydrophobic domain within the GPI anchor signal sequence is very similar to a transmembrane domain within a stop transfer sequence. To investigate whether the GPI anchor signal sequence is translocated across or integrated into the endoplasmic reticulum membrane we studied the translocation, GPI anchor addition, and glycosylation of different variants of a model GPI-anchored protein. Our results unequivocally demonstrated that the hydrophobic domain within a GPI signal cannot act as a transmembrane domain and is fully translocated even when followed by an authentic charged cytosolic tail sequence. However, a single amino acid change within the hydrophobic domain of the GPI-signal converts it into a transmembrane domain that is fully integrated into the endoplasmic reticulum membrane. These results demonstrated that the translocation machinery can recognize and differentiate subtle changes in hydrophobic sequence allowing either full translocation or membrane integration.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Bulleid, Professor Neil |
| Authors: | Dalley, J.A., and Bulleid, N.J. |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH345 Biochemistry |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Molecular Biosciences |
| Journal Name: | Journal of Biological Chemistry |
| Journal Abbr.: | J Biol Chem. |
| Publisher: | American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc. |
| ISSN: | 0021-9258 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1083-351X |
| Published Online: | 06 October 2003 |
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