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ArticleScientific reports2017

In search of tail-anchored protein machinery in plants: reevaluating the role of arsenite transporters.

Manuel Maestre-Reyna, Shu-Mei Wu, Yu-Ching Chang, Chi-Chih Chen, Alvaro Maestre-Reyna, Andrew H-J Wang, Hsin-Yang Chang

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Manuel Maestre-ReynaInstitute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
Shu-Mei WuDepartment of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Yu-Ching ChangDepartment of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Chi-Chih ChenDepartment of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Alvaro Maestre-ReynaEscuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenierios Industriales, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Andrew H-J WangInstitute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
Hsin-Yang ChangDepartment of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
National Sun Yat-sen University · TWAcademia Sinica · TWInstitute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica · TWUniversitat Politècnica de València · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although the mechanisms underlying selective targeting of tail-anchored (TA) membrane proteins are well established in mammalian and yeast cells, little is known about their role in mediating intracellular membrane trafficking in plant cells. However, a recent study suggested that, in green algae, arsenite transporters located in the cytosol (ArsA1 and ArsA2) control the insertion of TA proteins into the membrane-bound organelles. In the present work, we overproduced and purified these hydrophilic proteins to near homogeneity. The analysis of their catalytic properties clearly demonstrates that C. reinhardtii ArsA proteins exhibit oxyanion-independent ATPase activity, as neither arsenite nor antimonite showed strong effects. Co-expression of ArsA proteins with TA-transmembrane regions showed not only that the former interact with the latter, but that ArsA1 does not share the same ligand specificity as ArsA2. Together with a structural model and molecular dynamics simulations, we propose that C. reinhadtii ArsA proteins are not arsenite transporters, but a TA-protein targeting factor. Further, we propose that ArsA targeting specificity is achieved at the ligand level, with ArsA1 mainly carrying TA-proteins to the chloroplast, while ArsA2 to the endoplasmic reticulum.

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Amino Acid SequenceArsenitesArsenite Transporting ATPasesChlamydomonasMembrane ProteinsModels, MolecularPlant ProteinsSequence AlignmentSubstrate SpecificityArsenitesArsenite Transporting ATPasesMembrane ProteinsPlant Proteins

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