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SUBMITTER: Schrul B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2860808 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schrul Bianca B Kapp Katja K Sinning Irmgard I Dobberstein Bernhard B
The Biochemical journal 20100414 3
SPP (signal peptide peptidase) is an aspartyl intramembrane cleaving protease, which processes a subset of signal peptides, and is linked to the quality control of ER (endoplasmic reticulum) membrane proteins. We analysed SPP interactions with signal peptides and other membrane proteins by co-immunoprecipitation assays. We found that SPP interacts specifically and tightly with a large range of newly synthesized membrane proteins, including signal peptides, preproteins and misfolded membrane prot ...[more]