Nature of the regions involved in the insertion of newly synthesized protein into the outer membrane of Escherichia coli |
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Authors: | Loe De Leij Jaap Kingma Bernard Witholt |
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Institution: | Department of Biochemistry, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 16, Groningen The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | Outer membrane proteins are synthesized by cytoplasmic membrane-bound polysomes, and inserted at insertion sites which cover about 10% of the total outer membrane when cells grow with a generation time of 1 h. A membrane fraction enriched in outer membrane insertion regions was isolated and partly characterized. The rate at which newly inserted proteins are transferred from such insertion regions into the rest of the outer membrane was found to be very fast; the new protein content of insertion regions and that of the remaining outer membrane equilibrate completely within about 20 s at 25°C.Given the rather rigid structure of the outer membrane and the multiple interactions between outer membane components and the murein layer, lateral diffusion of newly inserted proteins from insertion sites to the remaining outer membrane is not likely to explain this rapid equilibration. Instead, the data support a model in which mobile insertion regions move along the cell surface, leaving behind stationary, newly inserted outer membrane proteins. |
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Keywords: | Protein synthesis Polysome movement Insertion region (Escherichia coli outer membrane) |
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