title: Pex14p is a member of the protein linkage map of Pex5p.
abstract: To identify members of the translocation machinery for peroxisomal proteins, we made use of the two-hybrid system to establish a protein linkage map centered around Pex5p from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the receptor for the C-terminal peroxisomal targeting signal (PTS1). Among the five interaction partners identified, Pex14p was found to be induced under conditions allowing peroxisome proliferation. Deletion of the corresponding gene resulted in the inability of yeast cells to grow on oleate as well as the absence of peroxisomal structures. The PEX14 gene product of approximately 38 kDa was biochemically and ultrastructurally demonstrated to be a peroxisomal membrane protein, despite the lack of a membrane-spanning domain. This protein was shown to interact with itself, with Pex13p and with both PTS receptors, Pex5p and Pex7p, indicating a central function for the import of peroxisomal matrix proteins, either as a docking protein or as a releasing factor at the organellar membrane.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Biochemie und Molekulare Zellbiologie der Universität Wien and Ludwig Boltzmann-Forschungsstelle für Biochemie, Vienna Biocenter, Dr. Bohrgasse 9, A-1030 Wien, Austria.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brocard
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lametschwandtner
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Koudelka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hartig
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D017353:Gene Deletion; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D008830:Microbodies / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D000074401:Peroxins; D000074435:Peroxisome-Targeting Signal 1 Receptor; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; C499195:PEX14 protein, S cerevisiae; D000074401:Peroxins; D000074435:Peroxisome-Targeting Signal 1 Receptor; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins