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- Title
Slow translocon gating causes cytosolic exposure of transmembrane and lumenal domains during membrane protein integration.
- Authors
Cheng, Zhiliang; Gilmore, Reid
- Abstract
Integral membrane proteins are cotranslationally inserted into the endoplasmic reticulum via the protein translocation channel, or translocon, which mediates the transport of lumenal domains, retention of cytosolic domains and integration of transmembrane spans into the phospholipid bilayer. Upon translocon binding, transmembrane spans interact with a lateral gate, which regulates access to membrane phospholipids, and a lumenal gate, which controls the translocation of soluble domains. We analyzed the in vivo kinetics of integration of model membrane proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae using ubiquitin translocation assay reporters. Our findings indicate that the conformational changes in the translocon that permit opening of the lumenal and lateral channel gates occur less rapidly than elongation of the nascent polypeptide. Transmembrane spans and lumenal domains are therefore exposed to the cytosol during integration of a polytopic membrane protein, which may pose a challenge to the fidelity of membrane protein integration.
- Publication
Nature structural & molecular biology, 2006, Vol 13, Issue 10, p930
- ISSN
1545-9993
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/nsmb1146