Protein translocation across wheat germ microsomal membranes requires an SRP-like component

AUTOR(ES)

Prehn, Siegfried

RESUMO

Different wheat germ extracts were tested for the presence of membranes capable of translocating and processing nascent secretory proteins. One lysate was found in which nascent prehuman-placental lactogen (phPL) was translocated and processed to mature human placental lactogen (hPL). Processing was found to occur concomitant with translocation across membranes. Translocation across the wheat germ membrane required a component which is similar to the mammalian signal recognition particle (SRP). It bound to DEAE–Sepharose, had a sedimentation coefficient of 11S and contained a 7S RNA. In addition to hPL, the plant protein zein and the bacterial protein β-lactamase were translocated across and processed by wheat germ membranes. Transport was found to occur only co-translationally. Our results show that the wheat germ protein translocation system is similar to the mammalian one. Unlike the mammalian SRP, the particle purified from wheat germ did not arrest elongation of nascent secretory proteins.

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