YidC and SecYEG form a heterotetrameric protein translocation channel

Abstract The heterotrimeric SecYEG complex cooperates with YidC to facilitate membrane protein insertion by an unknown mechanism. Here we show that YidC contacts the interior of the SecY channel resulting in a ligand-activated and voltage-dependent complex with distinct ion channel characteristics....

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Autores principales: Ilie Sachelaru, Lukas Winter, Denis G. Knyazev, Mirjam Zimmermann, Andreas Vogt, Roland Kuttner, Nicole Ollinger, Christine Siligan, Peter Pohl, Hans-Georg Koch
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/4a079782df9745798e53ae586a20f9e7
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Sumario:Abstract The heterotrimeric SecYEG complex cooperates with YidC to facilitate membrane protein insertion by an unknown mechanism. Here we show that YidC contacts the interior of the SecY channel resulting in a ligand-activated and voltage-dependent complex with distinct ion channel characteristics. The SecYEG pore diameter decreases from 8 Å to only 5 Å for the YidC-SecYEG pore, indicating a reduction in channel cross-section by YidC intercalation. In the presence of a substrate, YidC relocates to the rim of the pore as indicated by increased pore diameter and loss of YidC crosslinks to the channel interior. Changing the surface charge of the pore by incorporating YidC into the channel wall increases the anion selectivity, and the accompanying change in wall hydrophobicity is liable to alter the partition of helices from the pore into the membrane. This could explain how the exit of transmembrane domains from the SecY channel is facilitated by YidC.