UBIQUITIN-ASSISTED DISSECTION OF PROTEIN-TRANSPORT ACROSS MEMBRANES

被引:93
作者
JOHNSSON, N
VARSHAVSKY, A
机构
[1] Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
关键词
ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; KINETICS OF TARGETING; N-END RULE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL SEQUENCE; YEAST;
D O I
10.1002/j.1460-2075.1994.tb06559.x
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We describe a new way to analyze targeting in protein translocation. A fusion in which ubiquitin (Ub) is positioned between a signal sequence and a reporter domain is cleaved by Ub-specific proteases (UBPs) in the cytosol unless the fusion can 'escape' into a compartment such as the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). The critical step involves rapid folding of the newly formed Ub moiety, which precludes its translocation and makes possible its cleavage by UBPs. However, if a sufficiently long spacer is present between the signal sequence and Ub, then by the time the Ub polypeptide emerges from the ribosome, the latter is already docked at the transmembrane channel, allowing the translocation of both the Ub and reporter domains of the fusion into the ER. We show that Ub fusions can be used as in vivo probes for kinetic and stochastic aspects of targeting in protein translocation, for distinguishing directly between cotranslational and posttranslational translocation, and for comparing the strengths of different signal sequences. This method should also be applicable to non-ER translocation.
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页码:2686 / 2698
页数:13
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