Abstract
The positively charged amino-terminal region of the signal peptide has been proposed to have an important role at an initial step of protein secretion across the membrane (loop model). To test this hypothesis, the charge on the amino-terminal region of the signal peptide of the prolipoprotein of the Escherichia coli outer membrane was altered by using synthetic oligonucleotides from +2 to +1, 0, and -1 by guided site specific mutagenesis of a plasmid DNA carrying an inducible lipoprotein gene. The wild-type sequence of this sectio, Met-Lys-Ala-Thr-Lys (+2), was thus changed to Met-Lys-Asp-Thr-Lys (I-1; +1), Met-Ala-Thr-Lys (I-2; +1), Met-Asp-Thr-Lys (I-3; 0), and Met-Glu-Asp-Thr-Lys (I-4; -1). After induction of lipoprotein production, cells were pulse labeled with [35S]methionine for 10 sec. The lipoprotein of I-1, I-2, and I-3 was assembled in the membrane, although the rates of lipoprotein production progressively decreased as the charge on the signal peptide became more negative. Conversely, in the case of I-4, only a small amount of lipoprotein assembled in the membrane while a large amount of glycerol-unmodified prolipoprotein accumulated in the cytoplasm. This soluble prolipoprotein was gradually and posttranslationally secreted across the membrane to be modified and assembled in the membrane. These results indicate that the positively charged amino-terminal region of the signal peptide plays an important role in efficient protein secretion across the membrane.
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