WRB and CAML Are Necessary and Sufficient to Mediate Tail-Anchored Protein Targeting to the ER Membrane

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​WRB and CAML Are Necessary and Sufficient to Mediate Tail-Anchored Protein Targeting to the ER Membrane​
Vilardi, F.; Stephan, M. ; Clancy, A. ; Janshoff, A.   & Schwappach, B. ​ (2014) 
PLoS ONE9(1) art. e85033​.​ DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085033 

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Vilardi, Fabio; Stephan, Milena ; Clancy, Anne ; Janshoff, Andreas ; Schwappach, Blanche 
Abstract
Tail-Anchored (TA) proteins are inserted into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane of yeast cells via the posttranslational Guided Entry of Tail-Anchored protein (GET) pathway. The key component of this targeting machinery is the ATPase Get3 that docks to the ER membrane by interacting with a receptor complex formed by the proteins Get1 and Get2. A conserved pathway is present in higher eukaryotes and is mediated by TRC40, homolog of Get3, and the recently identified membrane receptors WRB and CAML. Here, we used yeast lacking the GET1 and GET2 genes and substituted them with WRB and CAML. This rescued the growth phenotypes of the GET receptor mutant. We demonstrate that WRB and CAML efficiently recruit Get3 to the ER membrane and promote the targeting of the TA proteins in vivo. Our results show that the membrane spanning segments of CAML are essential to create a functional receptor with WRB and to ensure TA protein membrane insertion. Finally, we determined the binding parameters of TRC40 to the WRB/CAML receptor. We conclude that together, WRB and CAML are not only necessary but also sufficient to create a functional membrane receptor complex for TRC40. The yeast complementation assay can be used to further dissect the structure-function relationship of the WRB/CAML heteromultimer in the absence of endogenous receptor proteins.
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2014
Journal
PLoS ONE 
ISSN
1932-6203
Language
English
Sponsor
Open-Access-Publikatinsfonds 2014

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