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ArticleNature structural & molecular biology2025

Global analysis of translocon remodeling during protein synthesis at the ER.

Arunkumar Sundaram, Qianru Li, Yu Wan, Josephine Tang, Haoxi Wu, Luka Smalinskaitė, Ramanujan S Hegde, Zhe Ji, Robert J Keenan

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Article in Nature structural & molecular biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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9 authors.

Arunkumar Sundaram *Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Qianru Li *Department of Pharmacology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Yu Wan *Department of Biomedical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
Josephine Tang *Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Haoxi WuCell Biology Division, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0986-3094
Luka SmalinskaitėCell Biology Division, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.
Ramanujan S HegdeCell Biology Division, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8338-852X
Zhe JiDepartment of Pharmacology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA. zhe.ji@northwestern.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1809-8099
Robert J KeenanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. bkeenan@uchicago.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1466-0889

Funding

Molecular And Cellular Biology Training ProgramT32GM007183 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI GLICK, BENJAMIN S, RICE, PHOEBE A · 1985 to 2021
$23.9M
Membrane protein biogenesis at the ERR35GM145374 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI Robert J Keenan · 2022 to 2026
$3.5M
Characterizing functional translation in putative 'noncoding' regions of a genome: Admin SupplR35GM138192 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI JI, ZHE · 2020 to 2024
$2.1M
An ultra-low-input RNase footprinting assay to quantify cytosolic and mitochondrial translation simultaneouslyR01HL161389 · NHLBI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI JI, ZHE · 2022 to 2025
$1.9M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL161389NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM138192NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM145374NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007183
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein biogenesis at the endoplasmic reticulum requires translocons comprising the Sec61 protein-conducting channel and several dynamically associated accessory factors. Here we used transcriptome-wide selective ribosome profiling in human cells to monitor cotranslational interactions of accessory factors for N-glycosylation (the OST-A complex) and multipass membrane protein synthesis (the GEL, PAT and BOS complexes). OST-A was preferentially recruited to open Sec61 channels engaged in polypeptide translocation; conversely, GEL, PAT and BOS were recruited synchronously to closed Sec61 channels and stabilized by newly inserted transmembrane domains. Translocon composition changed repeatedly and reversibly during the synthesis of topologically complex multipass membrane proteins. These data establish the molecular logic that underlies substrate-driven translocon remodeling, events that are crucial for the efficient biogenesis of secretory and membrane proteins.

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Endoplasmic ReticulumMembrane ProteinsProtein BiosynthesisGlycosylationHEK293 CellsHumansProtein TransportRibosomesSEC Translocation ChannelsMembrane ProteinsSEC Translocation Channels

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PMID41116047
PMCPMC12700821

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