title: A 12-residue-long polyleucine tail is sufficient to anchor synaptobrevin to the endoplasmic reticulum membrane.
abstract: Synaptobrevin is a tail-anchored protein with a hydrophobic C-terminal transmembrane segment that inserts into the endoplasmic reticulum membrane independently of the SRP/Sec61p pathway. Here, we show that idealized hydrophobic segments composed of 11-17 leucines and 1 valine function as insertion signals in vitro, whereas shorter segments do not. These results suggest that there are no specific requirements beyond overall hydrophobicity for C-terminal endoplasmic reticulum insertion signals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Stockholm University, Sweden.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Whitley
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Grahn
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kutay
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Rapoport
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: von Heijne
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D004285:Dogs; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008861:Microsomes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D010179:Pancreas / Q000378:metabolism; D010455:Peptides; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D050683:R-SNARE Proteins; D012156:Reticulocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010455:Peptides; D050683:R-SNARE Proteins; C027819:polyleucine; D004247:DNA