An essential amino acid residue in the protein translocation channel revealed by targeted random mutagenesis of SecY

AUTOR(ES)

Mori, Hiroyuki

FONTE

The National Academy of Sciences

RESUMO

The SecY/Sec61α family of membrane proteins are the central subunits of the putative protein translocation channel. We introduced random mutations into a segment of Escherichia coli SecY within its cytoplasmic domain 5, which was shown previously to be important for the SecA-dependent translocation activity. Mutations were classified into those retaining function and those gaining a dominant-interfering ability caused by a loss of function. These analyses showed that Arg-357, Pro-358, Gly-359, and Thr-362 are functionally important; Arg-357, conserved in almost all organisms, was identified as an indispensable residue.

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