Structural highlights
Function
Q8X9Y5_ECO57 Essential cell division protein. May link together the upstream cell division proteins, which are predominantly cytoplasmic, with the downstream cell division proteins, which are predominantly periplasmic. May control correct divisome assembly (By similarity).[HAMAP-Rule:MF_00911]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
The ubiquitous SecY-Sec61 complex translocates nascent secretory proteins across cellular membranes and integrates membrane proteins into lipid bilayers. Several structures of mostly detergent-solubilized Sec complexes have been reported. Here we present a single-particle cryo-EM structure of the SecYEG complex in a membrane environment, bound to a translating ribosome, at subnanometer resolution. Using the SecYEG complex reconstituted in a so-called Nanodisc, we could trace the nascent polypeptide chain from the peptidyltransferase center into the membrane. The reconstruction allowed for the identification of ribosome-lipid interactions. The rRNA helix 59 (H59) directly contacts the lipid surface and appears to modulate the membrane in immediate vicinity to the proposed lateral gate of the protein-conducting channel (PCC). On the basis of our map and molecular dynamics simulations, we present a model of a signal anchor-gated PCC in the membrane.
Cryo-EM structure of the ribosome-SecYE complex in the membrane environment.,Frauenfeld J, Gumbart J, Sluis EO, Funes S, Gartmann M, Beatrix B, Mielke T, Berninghausen O, Becker T, Schulten K, Beckmann R Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2011 May;18(5):614-21. Epub 2011 Apr 17. PMID:21499241[1]
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- ↑ Frauenfeld J, Gumbart J, Sluis EO, Funes S, Gartmann M, Beatrix B, Mielke T, Berninghausen O, Becker T, Schulten K, Beckmann R. Cryo-EM structure of the ribosome-SecYE complex in the membrane environment. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2011 May;18(5):614-21. Epub 2011 Apr 17. PMID:21499241 doi:10.1038/nsmb.2026
