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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
50
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-12-12
pubmed:abstractText
Escherichia coli lipoproteins are anchored to either the inner or outer membrane through fatty acyl chains covalently attached to an N-terminal cysteine. Aspartate at position 2 functions to retain lipoproteins in the inner membrane, although the retention is perturbed depending on the residue at position 3. We previously revealed that LolCDE and LolA play critical roles in this lipoprotein sorting. To clarify the sorting signals, the LolA-dependent release of lipoprotein derivatives having various residues at positions 2 and 3 was examined in spheroplasts. When the residue at position 3 was serine, only aspartate at position 2 caused the retention of lipoproteins in spheroplasts. We then examined the release of derivatives having aspartate at position 2 and various residues at position 3. Strong inner membrane retention occurred with a limited number of species of residues at position 3. These residues were present at position 3 of native lipoproteins having aspartate at position 2, whereas residues that inhibited the retention were not. It was also found that a strong inner membrane retention signal having residues other than aspartate at position 2 could be formed through the combination of the residues at positions 2 and 3. These results indicate that the inner membrane localization of native lipoproteins is ensured by the use of a limited number of strong inner membrane retention signals.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
14
pubmed:volume
276
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
47690-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11592971-Aspartic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:11592971-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:11592971-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:11592971-Cysteine, pubmed-meshheading:11592971-Cytoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:11592971-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:11592971-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:11592971-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:11592971-Escherichia coli, pubmed-meshheading:11592971-Escherichia coli Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11592971-Lipoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:11592971-Periplasmic Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11592971-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:11592971-Precipitin Tests, pubmed-meshheading:11592971-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:11592971-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:11592971-Protein Transport, pubmed-meshheading:11592971-Serine
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Lipoprotein sorting signals evaluated as the LolA-dependent release of lipoproteins from the cytoplasmic membrane of Escherichia coli.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't