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MOLECULAR CELL
Volume 34, Issue 3, Pages 344-353Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2009.04.019
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- Electron Microscopy Center Zurich
- Federation of European Biochemical Societies Long-Term Fellowship
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
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The YidC/Oxa1/Alb3 family of membrane proteins facilitates the insertion and assembly of membrane proteins in bacteria, mitochondria, and chloroplasts. Here we present the structures of both Escherichia coli YidC and Saccharomyces cerevisiae Oxa1 bound to E coli ribosome nascent chain complexes determined by cryo-electron microscopy. Dimers of YidC and Oxa1 are localized above the exit of the ribosomal tunnel. Crosslinking experiments show that the ribosome specifically stabilizes the dimeric state. Functionally important and conserved transmembrane helices of YidC and Oxa1 were localized at the dinner interface by cysteine crosslinking. Both Oxa1 and YidC dinners contact the ribosome at ribosomal protein L23 and conserved rRNA helices 59 and 24, similarly to what was observed for the nonhomologous SecYEG translocon. We suggest that dimers of the YidC and Oxa1 proteins form insertion pores and share a common overall architecture with the SecY monomer.
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