title: Stability and flexibility of marginally hydrophobic-segment stalling at the endoplasmic reticulum translocon.
abstract: Many membrane proteins are integrated into the endoplasmic reticulum membrane through the protein-conducting channel, the translocon. Transmembrane segments with insufficient hydrophobicity for membrane integration are frequently found in multispanning membrane proteins, and such marginally hydrophobic (mH) segments should be accommodated, at least transiently, at the membrane. Here we investigated how mH-segments stall at the membrane and their stability. Our findings show that mH-segments can be retained at the membrane without moving into the lipid phase and that such segments flank Sec61α, the core channel of the translocon, in the translational intermediate state. The mH-segments are gradually transferred from the Sec61 channel to the lipid environment in a hydrophobicity-dependent manner, and this lateral movement may be affected by the ribosome. In addition, stalling mH-segments allow for insertion of the following transmembrane segment, forming an Ncytosol/Clumen orientation, suggesting that mH-segments can move laterally to accommodate the next transmembrane segment. These findings suggest that mH-segments may be accommodated at the ER membrane with lateral fluctuation between the Sec61 channel and the lipid phase.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Kamigori, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan ykida@sci.u-hyogo.ac.jp sakag@sci.u-hyogo.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Yuichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kida
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Kamigori, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan.
authors.forename: Yudai
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishihara
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Kamigori, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan.
authors.forename: Hidenobu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Kamigori, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan.
authors.forename: Yukiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Onishi
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Kamigori, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan ykida@sci.u-hyogo.ac.jp sakag@sci.u-hyogo.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Masao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakaguchi
mesh_terms: D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D021381:Protein Transport; D000069816:SEC Translocation Channels / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D000069816:SEC Translocation Channels
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