Determinants for Stop-transfer and Post-import Pathways for Protein Targeting to the Chloroplast Inner Envelope Membrane

Overview

Journal J Biol Chem

Specialty Biochemistry

Date 2010 Mar 3

PMID 20194502

Citations 29

Authors

Antonio A B Viana

Ming Li

Danny J Schnell

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Abstract

The inner envelope membrane (IEM) of the chloroplast plays key roles in controlling metabolite transport between the organelle and cytoplasm and is a major site of lipid and membrane synthesis within the organelle. IEM biogenesis requires the import and integration of nucleus-encoded membrane proteins. Previous reports have led to the conclusion that membrane proteins are inserted into the IEM during protein import from the cytoplasm via a stop-transfer mechanism or are completely imported into the stroma and then inserted into the IEM in a post-import mechanism. In this study, we examined the determinants for each pathway by comparing the targeting of APG1 (albino or pale green mutant 1), an example of a stop-transfer substrate, and atTic40, an example of a post-import substrate. We show that the APG1 transmembrane domain is sufficient to direct stop-transfer insertion. The APG1 transmembrane domain also functions as a topology determinant. We also show that the ability of the post-import signals within atTic40 to target proteins to the IEM is dependent upon their context within the full protein sequence. In the incorrect context, the atTic40 signals can behave as stop-transfer signals or fail to target fusion proteins to the IEM. These data suggest that the post-import pathway signals are complex and have evolved to avoid stop-transfer insertion.

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