PMID:22179606
| Citation |
Klenner, C and Kuhn, A (2012) Dynamic disulfide scanning of the membrane-inserting Pf3 coat protein reveals multiple YidC substrate contacts. J. Biol. Chem. 287:3769-76 |
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| Abstract |
The membrane insertase YidC inserts newly synthesized proteins into the plasma membrane. While defects in YidC homologs in animals and plants cause diseases, YidC in bacteria is essential for life. Membrane insertion and assembly of ATP synthase and respiratory complexes is catalyzed by YidC. To investigate how YidC interacts with membrane-inserting proteins, we generated single cysteine mutants in YidC and in the model substrate Pf3 coat protein. The single cysteine mutants were expressed and analyzed for disulfide formation during 30 s of synthesis. The results show that the substrate contacts different YidC residues in four of the six transmembrane regions. The residues are located either in the region of the inner leaflet, in the center, as well as in the periplasmic leaflet, consistent with the hypothesis that YidC presents a hydrophobic platform for inserting membrane proteins. In a YidC mutant where most of the contacting residues were mutated to serines, YidC function was severely disturbed and no longer active in a complementation test, suggesting that the residues are important for function. In addition, a Pf3 mutant with a defect in membrane insertion was deficient to contact the periplasmic residues of YidC. |
| Links |
PubMed PMC3281698 Online version:10.1074/jbc.M111.307223 |
| Keywords |
Disulfides/metabolism; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Escherichia coli/virology; Escherichia coli Proteins/genetics; Escherichia coli Proteins/metabolism; Inovirus/genetics; Inovirus/metabolism; Membrane Transport Proteins/genetics; Membrane Transport Proteins/metabolism; Mutation; Viral Fusion Proteins |
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