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which is bound to the ribosomal exit tunnel and initiates recognition and shielding as protein is translated. The second strategy involves tail-anchored proteins, defined by a single TMD located close to the carboxyl terminus of the membrane protein. Once translation is completed, the tail-anchored
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Mediating transport and sorting of transmembrane proteins; TMDs have been shown to work in tandem with cytosolic sorting signals, with length and hydrophobicity being the main determinants in TDM sorting. Longer and more hydrophobic TMDs aid in sorting proteins to the cell membrane, whereas shorter
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TMD remains in the ribosomal exit tunnel, and an ATPase mediates targeting to the endoplasmic reticulum. Examples of shuttling factors include TRC40 in higher eukaryotes and Get3 in yeast. Furthermore, general TMD-binding factors protect against aggregation and other disrupting interactions.
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or other organelles) are also required. Factors also detect TMD misfolding within the membrane and perform quality control functions. These factors must be able to recognize a highly variable set of TMDs and can be segregated into those active in the cytosol or active in the membrane.
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membrane. Quality control factors must be able to discern function and topology, as well as facilitate extraction to the cytosol. The signal recognition particle transports membrane proteins to the Sec
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environment), factors that recognize the TMD and protect them in this hostile environment are required. Additional factors that allow the TMD to be incorporated into the target membrane (i.e.
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Devoto A, Hartmann HA, Piffanelli P, Elliott C, Simmons C, Taramino G, et al. (January 2003). "Molecular phylogeny and evolution of the plant-specific seven-transmembrane MLO family".
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Cytosolic recognition factors are thought to use two distinct strategies. In the co-translational strategy the recognition and shielding are coupled to protein synthesis.
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Krogh A, Larsson B, von Heijne G, Sonnhammer EL (January 2001). "Predicting transmembrane protein topology with a hidden Markov model: application to complete genomes".
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of a protein; i.e. prediction of what parts of it protrude into the cell, what parts protrude out, and how many times the protein chain crosses the membrane.
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are two well-known general TMD-binding factors. Quality control of membrane proteins involve TMD-binding factors that are linked to
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central pore and minimizing exposure of the TMD to cytosol. Insertases can also mediate TMD insertion into the
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also contain numerous charged and polar residues within the generally non-polar transmembrane segments.
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Alberts, Bruce; Johnson, Alexander; Lewis, Julian; Raff, Martin; Roberts, Keith; Walter, Peter (2002).
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indicate the majority of membrane proteins targeting the endoplasmic reticulum are handled by the
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Transmembrane helices are visible in structures of membrane proteins determined by
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Transmembrane domains are known to perform a variety of functions. These include:
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enzyme families are examples of membrane bound quality control factors.
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Once transported, factors assist with insertion of the TMD across the
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to predict transmembrane helices enables a prediction in turn of the
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The role of membrane protein biogenesis and quality control factors
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Cosson, Pierre; Perrin, Jackie; Bonifacino, Juan S. (2013-10-01).
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and less hydrophobic TMDs are used to retain proteins in the
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and the interiors of most proteins of known structure are
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across the membrane; many transmembrane proteins, such as
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can contain polar residues. TMDs vary greatly in size and
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Langosch, D.; Hofmann, M.; Ungermann, C. (April 2007).
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Facilitating molecular transport of molecules such as
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anchored to the membrane by its transmembrane domain.
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Index

protein domain
alpha-helices
beta barrel
hydrophobic
membrane pumps
ion channels
hydrophobicity
transmembrane proteins

AMPA receptor
ions
proteins
biological membranes
Signal transduction
G protein-coupled receptors
vesicle fusion
endoplasmic reticulum
Golgi apparatus
X-ray diffraction
hydrophobicity scales
bilayer
hydrophobic
membrane pumps
ion channels
"hydrophobicity analysis"
"transmembrane topology"
in silico
bioinformatic
TMHMM
translation

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