Connexin membrane protein biosynthesis is influenced by polypeptide positioning within the translocon and signal peptidase access.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Matthias Falk, N B Gilula

Abstract

We reported previously (Falk, M. M., Kumar, N. M., and Gilula, N. B. (1994) J. Cell Biol. 127, 343-355) that the membrane integration of polytopic connexin polypeptides can be accompanied by an inappropriate cleavage that generates amino-terminal truncated connexins. While this cleavage was not detected in vivo, translation in standard cell-free translation/translocation systems resulted in the complete cleavage of all newly integrated connexins. Partial cleavage occurred in heterologous expression systems that correlated with the expression level. Here we report that the transmembrane topology of connexins generated in microsomal membranes was identical to the topology of functional connexins in plasma membranes. Characterization of the cleavage site and reaction showed that the connexins were processed by signal peptidase immediately downstream of their first transmembrane domain in a reaction similar to the removal of signal peptides from pre-proteins. Increasing the length and hydrophobic character of the signal anchor sequence of connexins completely prevented the aberrant cleavage. This result indicates that their signal anchor sequence was falsely recognized and positioned as a cleavable signal peptide within the endopla...Continue Reading

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