title: YidC as an essential and multifunctional component in membrane protein assembly.
abstract: Membrane proteins fulfill a number of vital functions in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. They are often organized in multicomponent complexes, folded within the membrane bilayer and interacting with the cytoplasmic and periplasmic or external soluble compartments. For the biogenesis of integral membrane proteins, the essential biochemical steps are (1) the insertion and topogenesis of the transmembrane protein segments into the lipid bilayer, (2) the three-dimensional folding of the translocated hydrophilic domains, and (3) the assembly into multimeric complexes. Intensive research has elucidated the basic mechanisms of membrane protein insertion in the homologous translocation machineries of different cellular systems. Whereas the Sec translocation system is found in the endoplasmic reticulum of eukaryotic cells and in the prokaryotic plasma membrane, the YidC-Oxa1 membrane insertase is present in prokaryotic and organellar membranes. This review focuses on the discoveries of the YidC system in bacterial as well as the Oxa1/Alb3 protein family of eukaryotic cells and will particularly emphasize evolutionary aspects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Hohenheim, D-70599 Stuttgart, Germany.
authors.forename: Dorothee
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kiefer
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuhn
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000378:metabolism; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D005057:Eukaryotic Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D006801:Humans; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011487:Protein Conformation; D021381:Protein Transport
chemical_list: C106404:ALBINO 3 protein, Arabidopsis; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; C090858:OXA1 protein; C412443:YIDC protein, E coli; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV