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SRP keeps polypeptides translocation-competent by slowing translation to match limiting ER-targeting sites

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Lakkaraju, Asvin K.K., Mary, Camille, Scherrer, Anne, Johnson, Arthur E., Strub, Katharina·2008·Cell

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SRP is essential for targeting nascent chains to the endoplasmic reticulum, and it delays nascent chain elongation in cell-free translation systems. However, the significance of this function has remained unclear. We show that efficient protein translocation into the ER is incompatible with normal cellular translation rates due to rate-limiting concentrations of SRP receptor (SR). We complemented mammalian cells depleted of SRP14 by expressing mutant versions of the protein lacking the elongation arrest function. The absence of a delay caused inefficient targeting of preproteins leading to defects in secretion, depletion of proteins in the endogenous membranes, and reduced cell growth. The detrimental effects were reversed by either reducing the cellular protein synthesis rate or increasing SR expression. SRP therefore ensures that nascent chains remain translocation competent during the targeting time window dictated by SR. Since SRP-signal sequence affinities vary, the delay may also regulate which proteins are preferentially targeted.

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  • SRP14 enhanced productivity of recombinant IgG in CHO cells when overexpressed.

    “Likewise, signal recognition particle 14 (SRP14), which targets secreted proteins to the endoplasmic reticulum membrane, enhanced productivity of recombinant IgG in CHO cells when overexpressed (Lakkaraju et al., 2008;Le Fourn et al., 2014).”

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    The section ‘Elongation arrest-defective SRP impairs the accumulation of membrane and secreted proteins’ (page unavailable) shows that functional SRP14 is important for secretion: restoring it in depleted 293T cells restored normal SEAP secretion. The paper does not report SRP14 overexpression increasing recombinant IgG productivity in CHO cells; searches for CHO cells, IgG, and overexpression found no such result. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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Authors
Lakkaraju, A. K. K., Mary, C., Scherrer, A., Johnson, A. E., & Strub, K.
Affiliations
  • University of Geneva (CH)
  • Texas A&M Health Science Center (US)
Corresponding author
Strub, Katharina
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2008-05
Volume
133
Issue
3
Pages
440-451
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2043436209
Cited by
136
References
45
Citations by year
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FWCI
5.08
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) (acceptedVersion, other-oa)
  • Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • Welch Foundation
  • Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01 GM 26494, R01GM026494)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Cellular transport and secretion
Keywords
signal recognition particle, SRP receptor, protein translocation, endoplasmic reticulum targeting, translation rate, protein secretion, cell growth
MeSH terms
Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Cell Cycle, Cell Line, Cell-Free System, HeLa Cells, Humans, Molecular Sequence Data, Peptide Chain Elongation, Translational, Protein Synthesis Inhibitors, Signal Recognition Particle, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Rough, Protein Transport, Green Fluorescent Proteins

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