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EMBO JOURNAL
Volume 19, Issue 2, Pages 223-233Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.2.223
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peroxisomal membrane protein; protein degradation; protein targeting; yeast
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The mechanisms by which peroxisomal membrane proteins (PMPs) are targeted to and inserted into membranes are unknown, as are the required components. We show that among a collection of 16 Saccharomyces cerevisiae peroxisome biogenesis (pex) mutants, two mutants,pex3 Delta and pex19 Delta, completely lack detectable peroxisomal membrane structures and mislocalize their PMPs to the cytosol where they are rapidly degraded. The other pex Delta mutants contain membrane structures that are properly inherited during vegetative growth and that house multiple PMPs, Even Pex15p requires Pex3p and Pex19p for localization to peroxisomal membranes. This PMP was previously hypothesized to travel via the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to peroxisomes, We provide evidence that ER-accumulated Pex15p is not a sorting intermediate on its way to peroxisomes, Our results show that Pex3p and Pex19p are required for the proper localization of all PMPs tested, including Pex15p, whereas the other Per proteins might only be required for targeting/import of matrix proteins.
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