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SUBMITTER: Voorhees RM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4700591 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Voorhees Rebecca M RM Hegde Ramanujan S RS
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20160101 6268
Secreted and integral membrane proteins compose up to one-third of the biological proteome. These proteins contain hydrophobic signals that direct their translocation across or insertion into the lipid bilayer by the Sec61 protein-conducting channel. The molecular basis of how hydrophobic signals within a nascent polypeptide trigger channel opening is not understood. Here, we used cryo-electron microscopy to determine the structure of an active Sec61 channel that has been opened by a signal sequ ...[more]