Protein Targeting Flashcards
process of making type-II single-pass proteins
BIP
chaperone that keeps protein chain from folding
where do secretory proteins go shortly after synthesis?
secretory proteins are localized in the ER lumen shortly after synthesis
name of guy responsible for understanding secretory pathway
Blobel
what if a protein is going to mitochondria somewhere other than the matrix?
most mitochondrial proteins go to the matrix, but if a protein is going elsewhere then it will first go to the matrix and then to its destination from the matrix
location of N-term and C-term in single-pass transmembrane protein
N-term: ER lumen
C-term: cytosol/cytoplasm
hydrophobic regions in secretory and single pass proteins
- signal peptide
- stop-transfer sequence
- signal-anchor sequence
NLS
nuclear localization signal; signal that is put on in the middle of a protein to indicate that the protein belongs in the nucleus
specificity of importin
importin is not cargo specific
process of making single-pass transmembrane protein
page 3 notes
how are sugar moieties added onto proteins in the golgi?
there are different enzymes for different sugars, and there are different enzymes in each cisterna so sugars getted added in in different cisternae of the golgi complex
protein synthesis in nucleus
all proteins that are found in the nucleus are synthesized in the cytoplasm and transported to the nucleus via nuclear pore complexes
experiment: requirement of cytosolic proteins for nuclear transport
- treatment with digitonin (detergent) makes the plasma membrane permeable such that the cytosolic constituents leak out but leave the nuclear envelope and pore intact
- accumulation of transport substrate in nucleus occurred only when cytosol was included in the incubation
trans-face of golgi also called:
leaving face
In cotranslational translocation, what is the source of energy that drives protein into the ER lumen?
the energy comes from the translation process – translation drives the process
Hydrophobicity Plot
evaluates moving averages of hydrophobicity of sections
process: endocytic pathway for internalizing LDL
- cell-surfcae LDL receptors bind to apoB protein which is embedded into the phospholipid outer layer of LDL
- cell-surface receptors located in Clathrin-coated pit
- clathrin-coated pits with receptor LDL complex pinch off of plasma membrane to become coated vesicle
- vesicle coat sheds off; early endosome fuses with late endosome
- pH difference in late endosome causes receptor to release LDL
- late endosome fuses with lysosome
- LDL receptor recycled to cell srface; neutral pH of exterior returns to receptor to active conformational change
function of rough ER
synthesis of secreted proteins and post-translational modification
importance of NLS considering the cell cycle
in the cell cycle the nuclear envelope breaks down in Prophase and releases nuclear proteins; it is important that these proteins have NLS to indicate that they should go back into the nucleus
process: nuclear import of protein
- importin binds to NLS of a cargo protein in the cytoplasm
- importin-protein complex diffuses through the nuclear pore complex (NPC) via interaction of F-G repeats
- in nucleoplasm, Ran-GTP binds importin –> this causes a conformational change so import releases protein
- import-RanGTP complex diffuses through NPC to cytoplasm
- Ran-GAP (GTPase activating protein) hydrolyzes bound GTP of Ran-GTP to GDP –> conformational change makes release of importin
- cycle repeats
SRP functions
- binds to signal peptide
- arrest translation