Cannon, Kurt S. and Or, Eran and Clemons, William M., Jr. and Shibata, Yoko and Rapoport, Tom A. (2005) Disulfide bridge formation between SecY and a translocating polypeptide localizes the translocation pore to the center of SecY. Journal of Cell Biology, 169 (2). pp. 219-225. ISSN 0021-9525. PMCID PMC2171872. doi:10.1083/jcb.200412019. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20181029-143602744
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Abstract
During their biosynthesis, many proteins pass through the membrane via a hydrophilic channel formed by the heterotrimeric Sec61/SecY complex. Whether this channel forms at the interface of multiple copies of Sec61/SecY or is intrinsic to a monomeric complex, as suggested by the recently solved X-ray structure of the Methanococcus jannaschii SecY complex, is a matter of contention. By introducing a single cysteine at various positions in Escherichia coli SecY and testing its ability to form a disulfide bond with a single cysteine in a translocating chain, we provide evidence that translocating polypeptides pass through the center of the SecY complex. The strongest cross-links were observed with residues that would form a constriction in an hourglass-shaped pore. This suggests that the channel makes only limited contact with a translocating polypeptide, thus minimizing the energy required for translocation.
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Additional Information: | © 2005 Rockefeller University Press. After the Initial Publication Period, RUP will grant to the public the non-exclusive right to copy, distribute, or display the Article under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license, as described at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode, or updates thereof. Submitted: 2 December 2004; Accepted: 4 March 2005. Thanks to Drs. Wendy Garrett, Tommy Kirchhausen, Andrew Osborne, and Pamela Wearsch for critical reading of the manuscript. We thank Andrew Osborne (T. Rapoport's laboratory) for the cysteine-free SecA mutant. This work was supported by a National Institutes of Health grant to T.A. Rapoport. K.S. Cannon is a Richard D. Frisbee III Foundation Fellow of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. W.M. Clemons Jr. has a fellowship from the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation. T.A. Rapoport is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. | ||||||||||||
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DOI: | 10.1083/jcb.200412019 | ||||||||||||
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Official Citation: | Disulfide bridge formation between SecY and a translocating polypeptide localizes the translocation pore to the center of SecY. Kurt S. Cannon, Eran Or, William M. Clemons, Yoko Shibata, Tom A. Rapoport. The Journal of Cell Biology Apr 2005, 169 (2) 219-225; DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200412019 | ||||||||||||
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Deposited By: | Tony Diaz | ||||||||||||
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