Journal
FEBS LETTERS
Volume 510, Issue 1-2, Pages 17-21Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(01)03213-6
Keywords
protein translocation; SecA; SecY; signal sequence suppression
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SecYEG forms the protein-conducting channel of the Escherichia coli translocase. It binds the peripheral ATPase SecA that drives the preprotein translocation reaction. PrIA4 is a double mutant of SecY that enables the translocation of preproteins with a defective or even missing signal sequence. The effect of the individual mutations, F286Y and I408N, was studied with SecYEG proteoliposomes. SecY(I408N) is responsible for the increased translocation of preproteins with a defective and normal signal sequence, and exhibits a stronger prl phenotype than PrIA4. This activity correlates with an elevated SecA-translocation ATPase and SecA binding affinity. SecY(F286Y) supports only a low SecA binding affinity, preprotein translocation and SecA translocation ATPase activity. These results suggest that the second site F286Y mutation reduces the strength of the I408N mutation of PrIA4 by lowering the SecA binding affinity. (C) 2002 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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