Hydrophobicity as a driver of MHC class I antigen processing
Hydrophobicity as a driver of MHC class I antigen processing
复制标题
DOI:
10.1038/emboj.2011.62
复制
发表时间:
2011-04-20
期刊:
影响因子:
11.4
通讯作者:
Eisenlohr, Laurence C.
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Huang, Lan;Kuhls, Matthew C.;Eisenlohr, Laurence C.
The forces that drive conversion of nascent protein to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I-restricted peptides remain unknown. We explored the fundamental property of overt hydrophobicity as such a driver. Relocation of a membrane glycoprotein to the cytosol via signal sequence ablation resulted in rapid processing of nascent protein not because of the misfolded luminal domain but because of the unembedded transmembrane (TM) domain, which serves as a dose-dependent degradation motif. Dislocation of the TM domain during the natural process of endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (ERAD) similarly accelerated peptide production, but in the context of markedly prolonged processing that included nonnascent species. These insights into intracellular proteolytic pathways and their selective contributions to MHC class I-restricted peptide supply, may point to new approaches in rational vaccine design. The EMBO Journal (2011) 30, 1634-1644. doi:10.1038/emboj.2011.62; Published online 4 March 2011 Subject Categories: proteins; immunology