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C-terminal extension of phaseolin with a short methionine-rich sequence can inhibit trimerisation and result in high instability

C-terminal extension of phaseolin with a short methionine-rich sequence can inhibit trimerisation... In an attempt to increase the content in essential amino acids methionine and tryptophan of the trimeric storage protein phaseolin, we fused a Met- and Trp-rich sequence to the C-terminus of a phaseolin variant lacking its vacuolar sorting signal, with the aim to target the protein for secretion and accumulation into the apoplast. The fate of the mutant protein, denominated Y3, was studied in transiently transfected tobacco protoplasts. We report that the presence of the additional sequence causes structural defects which inhibit trimerization and lead to partial aggregation of Y3. The protein interacts with the ER chaperone BiP prior to being degraded very rapidly, in a process that does not require vesicular transport from the ER. The rate of degradation of Y3 is higher than that observed for another assembly defective mutant of phaseolin, Δ360, which remains monomeric and does not aggregate. This indicates that the plant ER quality control machinery can dispose of defective proteins with different kinetics and perhaps mechanisms, depending on the nature of their defect. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Plant Molecular Biology Springer Journals

C-terminal extension of phaseolin with a short methionine-rich sequence can inhibit trimerisation and result in high instability

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2003 by Kluwer Academic Publishers
Subject
Life Sciences; Biochemistry, general; Plant Sciences; Plant Pathology
ISSN
0167-4412
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1573-5028
DOI
10.1023/A:1023041901029
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Abstract

In an attempt to increase the content in essential amino acids methionine and tryptophan of the trimeric storage protein phaseolin, we fused a Met- and Trp-rich sequence to the C-terminus of a phaseolin variant lacking its vacuolar sorting signal, with the aim to target the protein for secretion and accumulation into the apoplast. The fate of the mutant protein, denominated Y3, was studied in transiently transfected tobacco protoplasts. We report that the presence of the additional sequence causes structural defects which inhibit trimerization and lead to partial aggregation of Y3. The protein interacts with the ER chaperone BiP prior to being degraded very rapidly, in a process that does not require vesicular transport from the ER. The rate of degradation of Y3 is higher than that observed for another assembly defective mutant of phaseolin, Δ360, which remains monomeric and does not aggregate. This indicates that the plant ER quality control machinery can dispose of defective proteins with different kinetics and perhaps mechanisms, depending on the nature of their defect.

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Plant Molecular Biology – Springer Journals

Published: Oct 7, 2004

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