Signal recognition particle receptor is a complex that contains two distinct polypeptide chains
Signal recognition particle (SRP) and SRP receptor are known to be essential components of the cellular machinery that targets nascent secretory proteins to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane. Here the authors report that the SRP receptor contains, in addition to the previously identified and sequenced 69-kD polypeptide (..cap alpha..-subunit, SR..cap alpha..), a 30-kD ..beta..-subunit SR..beta..). When SRP receptor was purified by SRP-Sepharose affinity chromatography, they observed the co-purification of two other ER membrane proteins. Both proteins are approx.30 kD in size and are immunologically distinct from each other, as well as from SR..cap alpha.. and SRP proteins. One of the 30-kD proteins (SR..beta..) forms a tight complex with SR..cap alpha.. in detergent solution that is stable to high salt and can be immunoprecipitated with antibodies to either SR..cap alpha.. or SR..beta... Both subunits are present in the ER membrane in equimolar amounts and co-fractionate in constant stoichiometry when rough and smooth liver microsomes are separated on sucrose gradients. They therefore conclude that SR..beta.. is an integral component of SRP receptor. The presence of SR..beta.. was previously masked by proteolytic breakdown products of SR..cap alpha.. observed by others and by the presence of another 30-kD ER membrane protein (mp30) which co-purifies with SR..cap alpha... Mp30 binds to SRP-Sepharose directly and is present in the ER membrane in several-fold molar excess of SR..cap alpha.. and SR..beta... The affinity of mp30 for SRP suggests that it may serve a yet unknown function in protein translocation.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of California Medical School, San Francisco
- OSTI ID:
- 6590450
- Journal Information:
- J. Cell Biol.; (United States), Vol. 103:4
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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