Rational Epitope Design for Protein Targeting

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 397-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudio Peri ◽  
Paola Gagni ◽  
Fabio Combi ◽  
Alessandro Gori ◽  
Marcella Chiari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protein Targeting ◽  
Epitope Design

Dissection of the molecular mechanisms of protein targeting to the peroxisome using immunofluorescence and immunocryoelectron microscopies

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 44-45
Author(s):  
G-A. Keller ◽  
S. J. Gould ◽  
S. Subramani ◽  
S. Krisans
Keyword(s):  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Protein Targeting ◽  
Firefly Luciferase ◽  
Peroxisomal Enzyme ◽  
Transfected Cells ◽  
Peroxisomal Targeting ◽  
Targeting Signal ◽  
Series Of Experiments ◽  
Peroxisomal Targeting Signal

Subcellular compartments within eukaryotic cells must each be supplied with unique sets of proteins that must be directed to, and translocated across one or more membranes of the target organelles. This transport is mediated by cis- acting targeting signals present within the imported proteins. The following is a chronological account of a series of experiments designed and carried out in an effort to understand how proteins are targeted to the peroxisomal compartment.-We demonstrated by immunocryoelectron microscopy that the enzyme luciferase is a peroxisomal enzyme in the firefly lantern. -We expressed the cDNA encoding firefly luciferase in mammalian cells and demonstrated by immunofluorescence that the enzyme was transported into the peroxisomes of the transfected cells. -Using deletions, linker insertions, and gene fusion to identify regions of luciferase involved in its transport to the peroxisomes, we demonstrated that luciferase contains a peroxisomal targeting signal (PTS) within its COOH-terminal twelve amino acid.

A Localization Screen Reveals Translation Factories and Widespread Co-Translational Protein Targeting

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Racha Chouaib ◽  
Adham Safieddine ◽  
Xavier Pichon ◽  
Oh Sung Kwon ◽  
Aubin Samacoits ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protein Targeting

scholarly journals Alternative redox forms of ASNA-1 separate insulin signaling from tail-anchored protein targeting and cisplatin resistance in C. elegans

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorota Raj ◽  
Ola Billing ◽  
Agnieszka Podraza-Farhanieh ◽  
Bashar Kraish ◽  
Oskar Hemmingsson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Insulin Secretion ◽  
Protein Targeting ◽  
Cisplatin Resistance ◽  
Acquired Resistance ◽  
Endoplasmic Reticulum Membrane ◽  
C Elegans ◽  
Cisplatin Sensitivity ◽  
Tumor Environment ◽  
The One

AbstractCisplatin is a frontline cancer therapeutic, but intrinsic or acquired resistance is common. We previously showed that cisplatin sensitivity can be achieved by inactivation of ASNA-1/TRC40 in mammalian cancer cells and in Caenorhabditis elegans. ASNA-1 has two more conserved functions: in promoting tail-anchored protein (TAP) targeting to the endoplasmic reticulum membrane and in promoting insulin secretion. However, the relation between its different functions has remained unknown. Here, we show that ASNA-1 exists in two redox states that promote TAP-targeting and insulin secretion separately. The reduced state is the one required for cisplatin resistance: an ASNA-1 point mutant, in which the protein preferentially was found in the oxidized state, was sensitive to cisplatin and defective for TAP targeting but had no insulin secretion defect. The same was true for mutants in wrb-1, which we identify as the C. elegans homolog of WRB, the ASNA1/TRC40 receptor. Finally, we uncover a previously unknown action of cisplatin induced reactive oxygen species: cisplatin induced ROS drives ASNA-1 into the oxidized form, and selectively prevents an ASNA-1-dependent TAP substrate from reaching the endoplasmic reticulum. Our work suggests that ASNA-1 acts as a redox-sensitive target for cisplatin cytotoxicity and that cisplatin resistance is likely mediated by ASNA-1-dependent TAP substrates. Treatments that promote an oxidizing tumor environment should be explored as possible means to combat cisplatin resistance.

scholarly journals Presence of a Member of the Mitochondrial Carrier Family in Hydrogenosomes: Conservation of Membrane-Targeting Pathways between Hydrogenosomes and Mitochondria

2000 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. 2488-2497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabrina D. Dyall ◽  
Carla M. Koehler ◽  
Maria G. Delgadillo-Correa ◽  
Peter J. Bradley ◽  
Evelyn Plümper ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Trichomonas Vaginalis ◽  
Protein Targeting ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Eukaryotic Cell ◽  
Membrane Targeting ◽  
Carrier Proteins ◽  
Mitochondrial Carrier ◽  
Mitochondrial Carrier Family ◽  
Targeting Signal ◽  
Mitochondrial Carrier Proteins

ABSTRACT A number of microaerophilic eukaryotes lack mitochondria but possess another organelle involved in energy metabolism, the hydrogenosome. Limited phylogenetic analyses of nuclear genes support a common origin for these two organelles. We have identified a protein of the mitochondrial carrier family in the hydrogenosome ofTrichomonas vaginalis and have shown that this protein, Hmp31, is phylogenetically related to the mitochondrial ADP-ATP carrier (AAC). We demonstrate that the hydrogenosomal AAC can be targeted to the inner membrane of mitochondria isolated from Saccharomyces cerevisiae through the Tim9-Tim10 import pathway used for the assembly of mitochondrial carrier proteins. Conversely, yeast mitochondrial AAC can be targeted into the membranes of hydrogenosomes. The hydrogenosomal AAC contains a cleavable, N-terminal presequence; however, this sequence is not necessary for targeting the protein to the organelle. These data indicate that the membrane-targeting signal(s) for hydrogenosomal AAC is internal, similar to that found for mitochondrial carrier proteins. Our findings indicate that the membrane carriers and membrane protein-targeting machinery of hydrogenosomes and mitochondria have a common evolutionary origin. Together, they provide strong evidence that a single endosymbiont evolved into a progenitor organelle in early eukaryotic cells that ultimately give rise to these two distinct organelles and support the hydrogen hypothesis for the origin of the eukaryotic cell.

scholarly journals Identification of Binding Sites on Protein Targeting to Glycogen for Enzymes of Glycogen Metabolism

2000 ◽  
Vol 275 (45) ◽  
pp. 35034-35039 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noel M. Fong ◽  
Timothy C. Jensen ◽  
Ami S. Shah ◽  
Nita N. Parekh ◽  
Alan R. Saltiel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Binding Sites ◽  
Protein Targeting ◽  
Glycogen Metabolism

SRP RNA Remodeling by SRP68 Explains Its Role in Protein Translocation

Science ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 344 (6179) ◽  
pp. 101-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Timo Grotwinkel ◽  
Klemens Wild ◽  
Bernd Segnitz ◽  
Irmgard Sinning
Keyword(s):  
Ribosomal Rna ◽  
Protein Targeting ◽  
Rna Binding ◽  
Protein Translocation ◽  
Signal Recognition Particle ◽  
Structural Basis ◽  
Signal Recognition ◽  
Rna Remodeling ◽  
Srp Rna ◽  
Arginine Rich Motif

The signal recognition particle (SRP) is central to membrane protein targeting; SRP RNA is essential for SRP assembly, elongation arrest, and activation of SRP guanosine triphosphatases. In eukaryotes, SRP function relies on the SRP68-SRP72 heterodimer. We present the crystal structures of the RNA-binding domain of SRP68 (SRP68-RBD) alone and in complex with SRP RNA and SRP19. SRP68-RBD is a tetratricopeptide-like module that binds to a RNA three-way junction, bends the RNA, and inserts an α-helical arginine-rich motif (ARM) into the major groove. The ARM opens the conserved 5f RNA loop, which in ribosome-bound SRP establishes a contact to ribosomal RNA. Our data provide the structural basis for eukaryote-specific, SRP68-driven RNA remodeling required for protein translocation.

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