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2wwa is a 10 chain structure with sequence from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
SSH1_YEAST Part of the Ssh1 complex, which probably is the major component of a channel-forming translocon complex that may function exclusively in the cotranslational pathway of protein endoplasmic reticulum (ER) import.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The trimeric Sec61/SecY complex is a protein-conducting channel (PCC) for secretory and membrane proteins. Although Sec complexes can form oligomers, it has been suggested that a single copy may serve as an active PCC. We determined subnanometer-resolution cryo-electron microscopy structures of eukaryotic ribosome-Sec61 complexes. In combination with biochemical data, we found that in both idle and active states, the Sec complex is not oligomeric and interacts mainly via two cytoplasmic loops with the universal ribosomal adaptor site. In the active state, the ribosomal tunnel and a central pore of the monomeric PCC were occupied by the nascent chain, contacting loop 6 of the Sec complex. This provides a structural basis for the activity of a solitary Sec complex in cotranslational protein translocation.
Structure of monomeric yeast and Mammalian sec61 complexes interacting with the translating ribosome.,Becker T, Bhushan S, Jarasch A, Armache JP, Funes S, Jossinet F, Gumbart J, Mielke T, Berninghausen O, Schulten K, Westhof E, Gilmore R, Mandon EC, Beckmann R Science. 2009 Dec 4;326(5958):1369-73. Epub 2009 Oct 29. PMID:19933108[1]
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
