Discrete cross-linking products identified during membrane protein biosynthesis - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 1997 Jan 17;272(3):1983-9.

doi: 10.1074/jbc.272.3.1983.

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Discrete cross-linking products identified during membrane protein biosynthesis

V Laird et al. J Biol Chem. 1997.

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Abstract

We have investigated the molecular details of the membrane insertion of the multiple-spanning membrane protein opsin. Using heterobifunctional cross-linking reagents the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) proteins adjacent to a series of defined translocation intermediates were determined. Once the nascent opsin chain reaches a critical minimum length Sec61alpha is the major ER component adjacent to the polypeptide. Using a homobifunctional reagent, the cross-linking partners from a single cysteine residue in the nascent chain were analyzed. This approach identified chain length-dependent cross-linking products between nascent opsin and a 21-kDa ribosomal protein, followed by Sec61beta and finally with Sec61alpha. Our data support a model where the sequential transmembrane domains of a multiple-spanning membrane protein are integrated at an ER insertion site similar to that mediating the insertion of single-spanning membrane proteins.

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