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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 262, Issue 17, 8416-8422, 06, 1987

The signal sequence of an Escherichia coli outer membrane protein can mediate translocation of a not normally secreted protein across the plasma membrane

S MacIntyre, R Freudl, M Degen, I Hindennach and U Henning

The distal part of the long tail fibers of the Escherichia coli phage T4 consists of a dimer of protein 37. A fragment of the corresponding gene, encoding 253 amino acids, was inserted into several different sites within the cloned gene for the 325-residue outer membrane protein OmpA. In plasmid pTU T4-5 the fragment was inserted once and in pTU T4- 10 tandemly twice between the codons for residues 153 and 154 of the OmpA protein. In pTU T4-22 two fragments were present, in tandem, between the codons for residues 45 and 46 of this protein. In pIN T4-6 one fragment was inserted into the ompA gene immediately following the part encoding the signal sequence. The corresponding mature proteins consist, in this order, of 605, 860, 835, and 279 amino acid residues. All precursor proteins were processed and translocated across the plasma membrane. Hence, not only can the OmpA protein serve as a vehicle for export of a nonsecretory protein, but the signal sequence alone can also mediate export of such a protein. Export of the pro-OmpA protein depends on the SecA protein. Export of the tail fiber fragment expressed from pIN T4-6 remained SecA dependent. Thus, the secA pathway in this case is chosen by the signal peptide. It is proposed that a signal peptide can mediate translocation of nonsecretory proteins as long as they are export-compatible. The inability of a signal sequence to mediate export of some proteins appears to be due to export incompatibility of the protein rather than to the absence of information, within the mature part of the polypeptide, which would be required for translocation.
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