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Synthesis of an Intein-mediated Artificial Protein Hydrogel
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タンパク質転位複合体の構成要素の進化的保存
E Hartmann1, T Sommer, S Prehn
1Max-Delbrück Centre for Molecular Medicine, Berlin-Buch, Germany.
Nature
|February 17, 1994
まとめ
Sec61p複合体は,タンパク質をエンドプラズマ網膜に輸送することを促進します. そのガンマサブユニットは細菌のタンパク質に同型であり,すべての生物体におけるタンパク質転位における保存された役割を示唆する.
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
- バイオケミストリー バイオケミストリー
背景:
- タンパク質がエンドプラズマの網膜に転移することは,細胞の機能に不可欠です.
- 3つの膜タンパク質からなる哺乳類のSec61p複合体は,このプロセスを媒介する.
- バクテリアのSecYpのようなSec61pの同類体は,タンパク質の輸出に関与しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 哺乳類のSec61p複合体のβおよびガンマサブユニットの配列を決定する.
- 哺乳類および細菌のタンパク質転位成分間の機能的および構造的関係を調査する.
主な方法:
- タンパク質の配列決定
- イーストにおける機能的補完性アッセイ
- 構造的ホモロジー分析
主要な成果:
- 哺乳類Sec61pβおよびガンマサブユニットの配列が決定されました.
- 哺乳類Sec61-gammaは酵母SSS1p.を機能的に置き換えました.
- Sec61-gammaとSSS1pは,細菌のSecEp.pと構造的に類似している.
結論:
- Sec61p複合体のサブユニットは,種を超えて保存されています.
- Sec61/SecYp複合体の少なくとも2つのサブユニットは,すべての生物におけるタンパク質転位に不可欠です.
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