Journal
TRAFFIC
Volume 10, Issue 12, Pages 1753-1764Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2009.00991.x
Keywords
localization prediction; membrane protein; organellar proteomics; protein targeting; tail-anchored protein
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- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Research Grant
- BBSRC [BB/E01559X/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/E01559X/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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Tail-anchored (TA) proteins function in key cellular processes in eukaryotic cells, such as vesicle trafficking, protein translocation and regulation of transcription. They anchor to internal cell membranes by a C-terminal transmembrane domain, which also serves as a targeting sequence. Targeting occurs post-translationally, via pathways that are specific to the precursor, which makes TA proteins a model system for investigating post-translational protein targeting. Bioinformatics approaches have previously been used to identify potential TA proteins in yeast and humans, yet little is known about TA proteins in plants. The identification of plant TA proteins is important for extending the post-translational model system to plastids, in addition to general proteome characterization, and the identification of functional homologues characterized in other organisms. We identified 454 loci that potentially encode TA proteins in Arabidopsis, and combined published data with new localization experiments to assign localizations to 130 proteins, including 29 associated with plastids. By analysing the tail anchor sequences of characterized proteins, we have developed a tool for predicting localization and estimate that 138 TA proteins are localized to plastids.
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