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Using SecM Arrest Sequence as a Tool to Isolate Ribosome Bound Polypeptides
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精製されたE. coliの統合膜タンパク質SecY/Eは,SecAに依存した前駆体タンパク質の転位再構成に十分である
L Brundage1, J P Hendrick, E Schiebel
1Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles 90024-1570.
Cell
|August 24, 1990
まとめ
研究者らは,E. coli前タンパク質トランスロカゼの重要な成分であるSecY/Eタンパク質を分離した. このタンパク質は,プロテオリポソームに再構成され,SecAによる前駆体タンパク質の転位を促進し,ATPと陽子運動力を必要とします.
科学分野:
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- 細胞生物学 細胞生物学
- タンパク質の輸送
背景:
- 細菌のタンパク質の局所化には,内膜にタンパク質の転位が不可欠である.
- 先駆体タンパク質転位の溶解段階には,SecBやATPアゼSecAのようなチャペロンが含まれています.
- 統合膜タンパク質は,タンパク質転位のためのコアメカニズムを形成します.
研究 の 目的:
- E. coli 前タンパク質トランスロカゼの統合膜タンパク質成分を分離し,特徴づけること.
- SecY/Eタンパク質をプロテオリポソームに再構成し,タンパク質転位におけるその機能を評価する.
- proOmpAの移転のためにSecAと連携したSecY/Eの役割を明らかにする.
主な方法:
- SecY/Eタンパク質複合体の浄化.
- 浄化されたSecY/Eをプロテオリポソームに溶解する.
- proOmpA,SecA,ATP,およびプロテオリポソームまたはネイティブ膜膀を用いたインビトロ転位アッセイ.
- SecY.に対する抗血清を用いた免疫プレシピテーション.
主要な成果:
- SecY/Eタンパク質は,SecY,SecE,および追加のポリペプチドで構成され,分離されました.
- プロテオリポソームで再構成されたSecY/Eは,SecAとのproOmpA転位をサポートしました.
- 転位活動はATPに依存し,陽子運動力によって刺激された.
- プロテオリポソームの転位効率は,ネイティブの膜膀に匹敵していました.
- SecYに対する抗血清は,SecY/E複合体内の3つのポリペプチドの関連性を確認しました.
結論:
- SecY/Eタンパク質複合体は,E. coliのプレタンパク質トランスロカゼの機能的成分である.
- SecY/Eは,SecaAと結合して,ATP依存性および陽子運動力刺激によるタンパク質転位を媒介する.
- 再構成されたシステムは,タンパク質転位のメカニズムを研究するための貴重なツールを提供します.
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