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Different effects of Sec61?, Sec62 and Sec63 depletion on transport of polypeptides into the endoplasmic reticulum of mammalian cells.

ABSTRACT: Co-translational transport of polypeptides into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) involves the Sec61 channel and additional components such as the ER lumenal Hsp70 BiP and its membrane-resident co-chaperone Sec63p in yeast. We investigated whether silencing the SEC61A1 gene in human cells affects co- and post-translational transport of presecretory proteins into the ER and post-translational membrane integration of tail-anchored proteins. Although silencing the SEC61A1 gene in HeLa cells inhibited co- and post-translational transport of signal-peptide-containing precursor proteins into the ER of semi-permeabilized cells, silencing the SEC61A1 gene did not affect transport of various types of tail-anchored protein. Furthermore, we demonstrated, with a similar knockdown approach, a precursor-specific involvement of mammalian Sec63 in the initial phase of co-translational protein transport into the ER. By contrast, silencing the SEC62 gene inhibited only post-translational transport of a signal-peptide-containing precursor protein.

SUBMITTER: Lang S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4074215 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Different effects of Sec61α, Sec62 and Sec63 depletion on transport of polypeptides into the endoplasmic reticulum of mammalian cells.

Lang Sven S Benedix Julia J Fedeles Sorin V SV Schorr Stefan S Schirra Claudia C Schäuble Nico N Jalal Carolin C Greiner Markus M Hassdenteufel Sarah S Tatzelt Jörg J Kreutzer Birgit B Edelmann Ludwig L Krause Elmar E Rettig Jens J Somlo Stefan S Zimmermann Richard R Dudek Johanna J

Journal of cell science 20120228 Pt 8

Co-translational transport of polypeptides into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) involves the Sec61 channel and additional components such as the ER lumenal Hsp70 BiP and its membrane-resident co-chaperone Sec63p in yeast. We investigated whether silencing the SEC61A1 gene in human cells affects co- and post-translational transport of presecretory proteins into the ER and post-translational membrane integration of tail-anchored proteins. Although silencing the SEC61A1 gene in HeLa cells inhibited ...[more]

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Different effects of Sec61?, Sec62 and Sec63 depletion on transport of polypeptides into the endoplasmic reticulum of mammalian cells.

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Different effects of Sec61α, Sec62 and Sec63 depletion on transport of polypeptides into the endoplasmic reticulum of mammalian cells.

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