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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 98, Issue 14, Pages 7823-7828Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.141125098
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Amino-terminal signal sequences target nascent secretory and membrane proteins to the endoplasmic reticulum for translocation. Subsequent interactions between the signal sequence and components of the translocation machinery at the endoplasmic reticulum are thought to be important for the productive engagement of the translocon by the ribosome-nascent chain complex. However, it is not clear whether all signal sequences carry out these posttargeting steps identically, or if there are differences in the interactions directed by one signal sequence versus another. In this study, we find substantial differences in the ability of signal sequences from different substrates to mediate closure of the ribosome-translocon junction early in translocation. We also show that these differences in some cases necessitate functional coordination between the signal sequence and mature domain for faithful translocation. Accordingly, the translocation of some proteins is sensitive to replacement of their signal sequences. In a particularly dramatic example, the topology of the prion protein was found to depend highly on the choice of signal sequence used to direct its translocation. Taken together, our results reveal an unanticipated degree of substrate-specific functionality encoded in N-terminal signal sequences.
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