Lecture 11 - Protein Sorting Flashcards
What are the 3 mechanisms that proteins can move from one compartment to another?
Gated transport Transmembrane transport Vesicular transport
What is gated transport?
Movement between cytosol and nucleus through nuclear pore complex which act as a selective gate that actively transport certain molecules
What is transmembrane transport?
Movement of proteins across a membrane from the cytosol into a topologically distinct space e.g. cytosol Into ER, cytosol into lysosomes) Use a protein translocator, transporter protein usually has to be unfolded to fit through
What is vesicular transport?
Membrane-enclosed transport packages. Move between different compartments (e.g. ER to Golgi)
Why does targeting occur?
Information needed for the process is embedded in the structure of these proteins: signal sequence
How is the information encoded?
Primary structure (amino acid sequence)
How are targeting information be generated?
Modification to a protein in post-translational maturation event - processing
What removes signal sequence?
Specialised signal peptidase
Endoplasmic reticulum
Occupies much of the volume of eukaryotic cell Largest membrane in cell (large surface area) Continuous with nuclear envelope under EM Site of production of ALL transmembrane proteins and Lipids. Almost all secreted proteins are derived from ER lumen
What are examples of secretory and organelle proteins?
Peptide hormones - synthesised in the endocrine gland and brain (insulin, growth hormone, prolactin, ACTH) Digestive enzymes - synthesised in the pancreas Blood proteins - synthesised in the lifer (albumins, globulins, and clotting factors) Immunoglobulins - synthesised in lymphocytes Collagen - synthesised in fibroblast
When do Ribosomes bind to the ER membrane?
Co-translational translocation
What happens when Ribosomes complete synthesis of protein?
Release it prior to post-translational translocation
Approximately how many peptide bonds are synthesised in free Ribosomes in the cytosol?
70 peptide bonds
What directs the Ribosomes to the ER?
A sequence of N-terminus amino acids
What does the signal peptide allow?
Free Ribosomes to become membrane associated and growing polypeptide to cross the ER
What bridges between the ribosome and the ER membrane that enhance ribosome Binding to the ER?
Mg2+ ions
What part of the protein is highly hydrophobic?
N-terminal 40 residues protrude from the 60S ribosomal subunit
What does signal recognition particle (srp) bind to?
Ribosome and signal peptide
What is necessary for SRP Binding?
The unfolded state of the nascent peptide chain
What does SRP do?
Interacts with ribosome, required for protein
What does SRP contain?
6 discrete polypeptides 7S RNA 300 nucleotides long
What is RNA related to?
Highly repetitive Alu DNA
What are the SRP proteins in S-domain?
S19, S54, S68, S72
What are the SRP proteins in Alu-domain?
S9 and S14
Wher does The SRP bind to the signal peptide?
Via SRP54 in the S domain forming a complex with GTP
What does GTP binding to SRP54 increase for the ribosome
SRP affinity
Where is SSR located?
Adjacent to a protein translocation embedded in the ER membrane
What is signal sequence receptor?
Integral endoplasmic reticulum glycoprotein
What is SSR composed of?
Two subunits SRa and SRb
Where does both subunit (SRa and SRb) bind?
GTP
What does the SRb-GTP complex interact with?
Ribosome-SRP-nascent chain complex
What does the SRb-GTP complex induce?
The transfer of signal peptide to the Translocon
Where does the ribosome fit tightly?
The cytoplasmic side of the pore
What happens in contrast with SSR?
N-terminus of the nascent protein bind SSR
What happens when SRP is released?
The nascent polypeptide can enter the hydrophilic pore in the ER (Translocon)
What signal peptide ?
A sequence of N terminus amino acid that directs there Ribosomes to ER