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Vol. 14, Issue 3, 1268-1278, March 2003

Recognition of a Single Transmembrane Degron by Sequential Quality Control Checkpoints

Laurence Fayadat, and Ron R. Kopito^*

Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-5020

To understand the relationship between conformational maturation and quality control-mediated proteolysis in the secretory pathway, we engineered the well-characterized degron from the -subunit of the T-cell antigen receptor (TCR) into the -helical transmembrane domain of homotrimeric type I integral membrane protein, influenza hemagglutinin (HA). Although the membrane degron does not appear to interfere with acquisition of native secondary structure, as assessed by the formation of native intrachain disulfide bonds, only ~50% of nascent mutant HA chains (HA⁺⁺) become membrane-integrated and acquire complex N-linked glycans indicative of transit to a post-ER compartment. The remaining ~50% of nascent HA⁺⁺ chains fail to integrate into the lipid bilayer and are subject to proteasome-dependent degradation. Site-specific cleavage by extracellular trypsin and reactivity with conformation-specific monoclonal antibodies indicate that membrane-integrated HA⁺⁺ molecules are able to mature to the plasma membrane with a conformation indistinguishable from that of HA^wt. These apparently native HA⁺⁺ molecules are, nevertheless, rapidly degraded by a process that is insensitive to proteasome inhibitors but blocked by lysosomotropic amines. These data suggest the existence in the secretory pathway of at least two sequential quality control checkpoints that recognize the same transmembrane degron, thereby ensuring the fidelity of protein deployment to the plasma membrane.

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^* Corresponding author. E-mail address: kopito{at}stanford.edu.

Present address: diaDexus, Inc., 343 Oyster Point Blvd., South San Francisco, CA 94080.

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Molecular Biology of the Cell
Vol. 14, 1268-1278, March 2003
Copyright © 2003 by The American Society for Cell Biology

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