Sec59 encodes a membrane protein required for core glycosylation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
When incubated at a restrictive temperature, Saccharomyces cerevisiae sec59 mutant cells accumulate inactive and incompletely glycosylated forms of secretory proteins. Three different secretory polypeptides (invertase, pro-alpha-factor, and pro-carboxypeptidase Y) accumulated within a membrane-bounded organelle, presumably the endoplasmic reticulum, and resisted proteolytic degradation unless the membrane was permeabilized with detergent. Molecular cloning and DNA sequence analysis of the SEC59 gene predicted an extremely hydrophobic protein product of 59 kilodaltons. This prediction was confirmed by reconstitution of the sec59 defect in vitro. The alpha-factor precursor, which was translated in a soluble fraction from wild-type cells, was translocated into, but inefficiently glycosylated within, membranes from sec59 mutant cells. Residual glycosylation activity of membranes of sec59 cells was thermolabile compared with the activity of wild-type membranes. Partial restoration of glycosylation was obtained in reactions that were supplemented with mannose or GDP-mannose, but not those supplemented with other sugar nucleotides. These results were consistent with a role for the Sec59 protein in the transfer of mannose to dolichol-linked oligosaccharide.
Bernstein
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Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Berkeley 94720.
Kepes
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Schekman
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002268:Carboxypeptidases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D043402:Cathepsin A; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006031:Glycosylation; D000072235:Mating Factor; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D010455:Peptides / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D043324:beta-Fructofuranosidase
D004271:DNA, Fungal; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010455:Peptides; D011498:Protein Precursors; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D000072235:Mating Factor; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; D043324:beta-Fructofuranosidase; D002268:Carboxypeptidases; D043402:Cathepsin A; C499283:PRC1 protein, S cerevisiae; C022633:serine carboxypeptidase