ArticleCell2018
EMC Is Required to Initiate Accurate Membrane Protein Topogenesis.
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- Structural basis of an endoplasmic reticulum EMC:Spf1 insertase-dislocase complex.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2026Article
- Cotranslational membrane protein biogenesis by an EMC-bound translocon.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2026Article
- GTPase cycle and ER membrane regulate cargo handover during cotranslational protein targeting.Science advances · 2026Article
- Pairwise transmembrane domain insertion during multipass protein biogenesis.Molecular cell · 2026Article
- Design principles of human membrane protein topology.The Journal of cell biology · 2026Article
- Structural evolution of the MTCH family of mitochondrial insertases.Science advances · 2026Article
- Membrane Protein Insertion in Cells: Principles, Pathways, and Quality Control.Chemical reviews · 2026Review
- Roles of ER Membrane Protein Complex in Protein Biogenesis and Quality Control in the Lung and Beyond.Cell proliferation · 2026Review
- Structural evolution of the MTCH family of mitochondrial insertases.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- SARS-CoV-2 membrane protein biogenesis.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- The ER membrane protein complex acts as a chaperone to promote the biogenesis of multi-bundle membrane proteins.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Targeted downmodulation of OXTR and Cx43 in the myometrium by SERTIs as a novel tocolytic strategy.Uterine research · 2026Article
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- Global analysis of translocon remodeling during protein synthesis at the ER.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2025Article
- Mechanistic Insights into Protein Biogenesis and Maturation on the Ribosome.Journal of molecular biology · 2025Review
- SND3 is the membrane insertase within a distinct SEC61 translocon complex.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Navigating lipid droplet proteins - part I: ER targeting routes of lipid droplet-destined membrane proteins.Biochemical Society transactions · 2025Review
- Functional targeting of membrane transporters and enzymes to peroxisomes.Nature chemical biology · 2025Article
- Rules of Engagement for Components of Membrane Protein Biogenesis at the Human Endoplasmic Reticulum.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Mammals encode ∼5,000 integral membrane proteins that need to be inserted in a defined topology at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane by mechanisms that are incompletely understood. Here, we found that efficient biogenesis of β1-adrenergic receptor (β1AR) and other G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) requires the conserved ER membrane protein complex (EMC). Reconstitution studies of β1AR biogenesis narrowed the EMC requirement to the co-translational insertion of the first transmembrane domain (TMD). Without EMC, a proportion of TMD1 inserted in an inverted orientation or failed altogether. Purified EMC and SRP receptor were sufficient for correctly oriented TMD1 insertion, while the Sec61 translocon was necessary for insertion of the next TMD. Enforcing TMD1 topology with an N-terminal signal peptide bypassed the EMC requirement for insertion in vitro and restored efficient biogenesis of multiple GPCRs in EMC-knockout cells. Thus, EMC inserts TMDs co-translationally and cooperates with the Sec61 translocon to ensure accurate topogenesis of many membrane proteins.
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