A functional prolipoprotein signal peptide with a deletion of four amino acid residues from the hydrophobic region.
The deletion of several codons within the signal sequence coding region of the Escherichia coli lipoprotein gene has been accomplished by oligonucleotide-directed site-specific mutagenesis. The deletion of the Leu-13 residue in a mutant in which two glycine residues had previously been deleted from the hydrophobic region (Inouye, S., Vlasuk, G., Hsiung, H., and Inouye, M. (1984) J. Biol. Chem. 259, 3729-3733) was found to cause the accumulation of the unmodified form of the protein in the cytoplasm and cytoplasmic membrane. This mutation also caused a cessation in cell growth within 15 min after synthesis of the mutant protein was induced. A deletion of the Val-7 residue was capable of suppressing the effect of the Leu-13 deletion when both are present. However, by itself the Val-7 deletion appeared to have little effect on the glycine mutant. The ability of the signal sequence to mediate the secretion of the protein after the deletion of 4 residues from the hydrophobic region demonstrates a surprising degree of flexibility in the length of this region. The deletion mutations were also found to have an unusual effect on the rate of synthesis of lipoprotein.[1]References
- A functional prolipoprotein signal peptide with a deletion of four amino acid residues from the hydrophobic region. Pollitt, S., Inouye, S., Inouye, M. J. Biol. Chem. (1985) [Pubmed]
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