Abstract |
The human genome encodes seven intramembrane-cleaving GXGD aspartic proteases. These are the two presenilins that activate signaling molecules and are implicated in Alzheimer's disease, signal peptide peptidase (SPP), required for immune surveillance, and four SPP-like candidate proteases (SPPLs), of unknown function. Here we describe a comparative analysis of the topologies of SPP and its human homologues, SPPL2a, -2b, -2c, and -3. We demonstrate that their N-terminal extensions are located in the extracellular space and, except for SPPL3, are modified with N- glycans. Whereas SPPL2a, -2b, and -2c contain a signal sequence, SPP and SPPL3 contain a type I signal anchor sequence for initiation of protein translocation and membrane insertion. The hydrophilic loops joining the transmembrane regions, which contain the catalytic residues, are facing the exoplasm. The C termini of all these proteins are exposed toward the cytosol. Taken together, our study demonstrates that SPP and its homologues are all of the same principal structure with a catalytic domain embedded in the membrane in opposite orientation to that of presenilins. Other than presenilins, SPPL2a, -2b, -2c, and -3 are therefore predicted to cleave type II-oriented substrate peptides like the prototypic protease SPP.
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Authors | Elena Friedmann, Marius K Lemberg, Andreas Weihofen, Kumlesh K Dev, Uwe Dengler, Giorgio Rovelli, Bruno Martoglio |
Journal | The Journal of biological chemistry
(J Biol Chem)
Vol. 279
Issue 49
Pg. 50790-8
(Dec 03 2004)
ISSN: 0021-9258 [Print] United States |
PMID | 15385547
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- DNA, Complementary
- Membrane Proteins
- PSEN1 protein, human
- Polysaccharides
- Presenilin-1
- RNA, Messenger
- Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases
- signal peptide peptidase
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Topics |
- Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases
(chemistry)
- Binding Sites
- Blotting, Western
- Catalysis
- Catalytic Domain
- Cell Line
- Cell-Free System
- Cloning, Molecular
- Cytosol
(metabolism)
- DNA, Complementary
(metabolism)
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect
- Gene Library
- Glycosylation
- HeLa Cells
- Humans
- Membrane Proteins
(chemistry)
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
- Phylogeny
- Plasmids
(metabolism)
- Polysaccharides
(chemistry)
- Presenilin-1
- Protein Biosynthesis
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Protein Transport
- RNA, Messenger
(metabolism)
- Tissue Distribution
- Transcription, Genetic
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