title: Binding of SecB to ribosome-bound polypeptides has the same characteristics as binding to full-length, denatured proteins.
abstract: The interaction of the chaperone SecB with ribosome-bound polypeptides that are in the process of elongation has been studied using an in vitro protein synthesis system. The binding is characterized by the same properties as those demonstrated for the binding of SecB to full-length proteins that are in nonnative conformation: it is readily reversible and has no specificity for the leader peptide. In addition, it is shown that the growing polypeptide chains must achieve a critical length to bind tightly enough to allow their isolation in complex with SecB. This explains the longstanding observation that, even when export is cotranslational, it begins late in synthesis. Furthermore, the required length is approximately the same as the length that defines the binding frame within denatured, full-length proteins bound to SecB.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Washington State University, Pullman 99164-4660, USA.
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Randall
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Topping
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Hardy
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Pavlov
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Freistroffer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ehrenberg
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D058619:Maltose-Binding Proteins; D018832:Molecular Chaperones / Q000378:metabolism*; D010441:Peptide Chain Elongation, Translational; D011485:Protein Binding; D011489:Protein Denaturation; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals / Q000378:metabolism; D012270:Ribosomes / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D058619:Maltose-Binding Proteins; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals; C057842:SecB protein, Bacteria