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. 2013 May;5(5):a013201. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a013201

Table 1.

Secretion values and general characteristics for secretory cargo

Type Protein AA (with SP) Cys N-CHO Pro Secretion time (approx.) Level References
Soluble Insulin 86 (110) 6 0 6 35 min ND (Straub and Sharp 2002)
RNase (bovine) 124 (150) 8 1 4 35 min 59% (Geiger et al. 2011)
RNase (human) 127 (156) 8 3 7 27 min 73% (Geiger et al. 2011)
MD2 142 (160) 7 2 7 2 h 90% (Visintin et al. 2001)
Cp SFV 148 (172) 0 0 7 40 min 72% (Thor et al. 2009)
α2-HS-glycoprotein 348 (367) 14 2 39 25 min 70% (Rutkevich et al. 2010)
A1AT 394 (410) 1 3 17 44 min 40% (Lodish and Kong 1984; Rutkevich et al. 2010)
IgG2b 457 (476) 13 2 37 100 min 60% (Hendershot et al. 1987)
gp120 LAI 486 (516) 18 23 22 2 h 40% (Land et al. 2003)
HA anchor- A/Japan/305/1957 (H2N2) 509 (524) 12 4 18 1 h >90% (Singh et al. 1990)
Alkaline-phosphatase 513 (535) 5 2 31 30 h ND (Aldag et al. 2011)
HA anchor- A/Aichi/2/1968 (H3N2) 513 (531) 12 7 20 1 h >90% (Singh et al. 1990)
Albumin 584 (609) 35 0 24 45 min >80% (Rutkevich et al. 2010)
α-Fetoprotein 590 (609) 32 1 21 45 min 100% (Rutkevich et al. 2010)
Transferrin 679 (698) 40 2 32 1 h 80% (Rutkevich et al. 2010)
Factor V 2196 (2224) 19 26 151 3 h ∼100% (Duga et al. 2003)
Thyroglobulin 2749 (2768) 122 17 173 1 h 50% (Kim and Arvan 1991)
Single pass NA A/WSN/33 (H1N1) 453 19 4 21 30–60 min ND (Hogue and Nayak 1992; Popp et al. 2012)
VSVG 495 (511) 12 2 27 30–60a min 80%-100%a (Doms et al. 1988)
Tyrosinase 511 (529) 15 6 33 30 min 38%b (Popescu et al. 2005)
HA 550 (566) 12 7 20 20 min 100% (Braakman et al. 1991)
Transferrin R 734 (760) 6 3 31 3 h 50% (Lodish et al. 1983)
TLR2 748 (766) 13 4 25 3 h 50% (Lin et al. 2000)
gp160 Env BH8 821 (851) 20 28 29 2 h ∼35% (Earl et al. 1991)
gp160 Env LAI 831 (861) 20 29 29 4 h/20 ha 30%/30% (Bird et al. 1990; Land et al. 2003)
LDL R 836 (860) 61 3 39 1 h 50%c (Jansens et al. 2002)
EGF R 1210 (1186) 50 12 75 1.5 h 50% (Gamou et al. 1989)
Multi-pass Aquaporin2 271 1 (4) 1 14 ∼1.5 h ∼50% (Hendriks et al. 2004)
hACH R 482 8 1 31 1.5 h 30%, (Merlie and Lindstrom 1983)
Shaker K+ channel 656 2 2 32 45 min ND (Schulteis et al. 1995; Khanna et al. 2001)
hCFTR in BHK cells 1454 0 (18) 2 45 ∼2 h 50% (Mendes et al. 2003)
hCFTR in HeLa cells 1454 0 (18) 2 45 ∼1 h 80% (Hoelen et al. 2010)
hCFTR in HEK293 cells 1454 0 (18) 2 45 ∼1 h 50% (Zhang et al. 2002)

The number of amino acids in a protein is designated without and with (parentheses) signal sequences included. N-CHO indicates the predicted number of N-linked glycans. The number of Cys in the luminal ectodomain of transmembrane proteins is indicated in parentheses. Secretion times and levels are approximate values.aDepending on expression system and cells.bReaches melanosomes rather than the plasma membrane.cT1/2 of glycan maturation endo H resistance.