Role of Pex19p in the targeting of PMP70 to peroxisome
Role of Pex19p in the targeting of PMP70 to peroxisome
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DOI:
10.1016/j.bbamcr.2005.10.006
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发表时间:
2005-12-15
影响因子:
5.1
通讯作者:
Imanaka, T
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作者:
Kashiwayama, Y;Asahina, K;Imanaka, T
Pex 19p is a protein required for the peroxisomal membrane synthesis. The 70-kDa peroxisomal membrane protein (PMP70) is synthesized on free cytosolic ribosomes and then inserted posttranslationally into peroxisomal membranes. Pex 19p has been shown to play an important role in this process. Using an in vitro translation system, we investigated the role of Pex 19p as a chaperone and identified the regions of PMP70 required for the interaction with Pex 19p. When PMP70 was translated in the presence of purified Pex 19p, a large part of PMP70 existed as soluble form and was co-immunoprecipitated with Pex 19p. However, in the absence of Pex 19p, PMP70 formed aggregates during translation. To identify the regions that interact with Pex 19p, various truncated PMP70 were translated in the presence of Pex 19p and subjected to co-immunoprecipitation. The interaction was markedly reduced by the deletion of the NH2-terminal 61 amino acids or the region around TMD6. Further, we expressed these deletion constructs of PMP70 in fusion with the green fluorescent protein in CHO cells. Fusion proteins lacking these Pex 19p binding sites did not display any peroxisomal localization. These results suggest that Pex 19p binds to PMP70 co-translationally and keeps PMP70 as a proper conformation for the localization to peroxisome. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.