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ArticleMolecular biology of the cell2014

Type II transmembrane domain hydrophobicity dictates the cotranslational dependence for inversion.

Dan Dou, Diogo V da Silva, Johan Nordholm, Hao Wang, Robert Daniels

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Article in Molecular biology of the cell, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dan DouCenter for Biomembrane Research, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, 
SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
Diogo V da SilvaCenter for Biomembrane Research, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, 
SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
Johan NordholmCenter for Biomembrane Research, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, 
SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
Hao WangCenter for Biomembrane Research, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, 
SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
Robert DanielsCenter for Biomembrane Research, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, 
SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden robertd@dbb.su.se.
Stockholm University · SE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Membrane insertion by the Sec61 translocon in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is highly dependent on hydrophobicity. This places stringent hydrophobicity requirements on transmembrane domains (TMDs) from single-spanning membrane proteins. On examining the single-spanning influenza A membrane proteins, we found that the strict hydrophobicity requirement applies to the N(out)-C(in) HA and M2 TMDs but not the N(in)-C(out) TMDs from the type II membrane protein neuraminidase (NA). To investigate this discrepancy, we analyzed NA TMDs of varying hydrophobicity, followed by increasing polypeptide lengths, in mammalian cells and ER microsomes. Our results show that the marginally hydrophobic NA TMDs (ΔG(app) > 0 kcal/mol) require the cotranslational insertion process for facilitating their inversion during translocation and a positively charged N-terminal flanking residue and that NA inversion enhances its plasma membrane localization. Overall the cotranslational inversion of marginally hydrophobic NA TMDs initiates once ~70 amino acids past the TMD are synthesized, and the efficiency reaches 50% by ~100 amino acids, consistent with the positioning of this TMD class in type II human membrane proteins. Inversion of the M2 TMD, achieved by elongating its C-terminus, underscores the contribution of cotranslational synthesis to TMD inversion.

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Protein Structure, TertiaryAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCell MembraneChlorocebus aethiopsEndoplasmic ReticulumHeLa CellsHumansHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsInfluenza A Virus, H1N1 SubtypeMicrosomesMolecular Sequence DataNeuraminidaseRibosomesSingle-Cell AnalysisVero CellsM2 protein, Influenza A virusNeuraminidaseViral Matrix ProteinsViral ProteinsViroporin Proteins

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PMID25165139
PMCPMC4214783
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