The mechanisms of integral membrane protein biogenesis

RS Hegde, RJ Keenan - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2022 - nature.com
Roughly one quarter of all genes code for integral membrane proteins that are inserted into
the plasma membrane of prokaryotes or the endoplasmic reticulum membrane of …

Mitochondrial protein transport: Versatility of translocases and mechanisms

JD Busch, LF Fielden, N Pfanner, N Wiedemann - Molecular Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Biogenesis of mitochondria requires the import of approximately 1,000 different precursor
proteins into and across the mitochondrial membranes. Mitochondria exhibit a wide variety …

MTCH2 is a mitochondrial outer membrane protein insertase

A Guna, TA Stevens, AJ Inglis, JM Replogle, TK Esantsi… - Science, 2022 - science.org
In the mitochondrial outer membrane, α-helical transmembrane proteins play critical roles in
cytoplasmic-mitochondrial communication. Using genome-wide CRISPR screens, we …

EMC rectifies the topology of multipass membrane proteins

H Wu, L Smalinskaitė, RS Hegde - Nature Structural & Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
Most eukaryotic multipass membrane proteins are inserted into the membrane of the
endoplasmic reticulum. Their transmembrane domains (TMDs) are thought to be inserted co …

Mechanistic insights into ER-associated protein degradation

X Wu, TA Rapoport - Current opinion in cell biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Misfolded proteins of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) are discarded by a conserved process,
called ER-associated protein degradation (ERAD). ERAD substrates are retro-translocated …

Mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase biogenesis: Recent developments

A Timón-Gómez, E Nývltová, LA Abriata, AJ Vila… - Seminars in cell & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase (COX) is the primary site of cellular oxygen
consumption and is essential for aerobic energy generation in the form of ATP. Human COX …

Structural basis of ER-associated protein degradation mediated by the Hrd1 ubiquitin ligase complex

X Wu, M Siggel, S Ovchinnikov, W Mi, V Svetlov… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Protein homeostasis in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is maintained by a
quality control system. When a newly synthesized ER protein misfolds, it is ultimately …

Mechanism of membrane-tethered mitochondrial protein synthesis

Y Itoh, J Andréll, A Choi, U Richter, P Maiti, RB Best… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Mitochondrial ribosomes (mitoribosomes) are tethered to the mitochondrial inner membrane
to facilitate the cotranslational membrane insertion of the synthesized proteins. We report …

Lipid scrambling is a general feature of protein insertases

D Li, C Rocha-Roa, MA Schilling… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Glycerophospholipids are synthesized primarily in the cytosolic leaflet of the endoplasmic
reticulum (ER) membrane and must be equilibrated between bilayer leaflets to allow the ER …

Structural and mechanistic insights into protein translocation

TA Rapoport, L Li, E Park - Annual review of cell and …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Many proteins are translocated across the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane in
eukaryotes or the plasma membrane in prokaryotes. These proteins use hydrophobic signal …