Abstract
Cytosolic components and pathways have been identified that are involved in inserting tail-anchored (TA) membrane proteins into the yeast or mammalian endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane. Searching for regulatory mechanisms of TA protein biogenesis, we found that Ca2+-calmodulin (CaM) inhibits the insertion of TA proteins into mammalian ER membranes and that this inhibition is prevented by trifluoperazine, a CaM antagonist that interferes with substrate binding of Ca2+-CaM. The effects of Ca2+-CaM on cytochrome b5 and Synaptobrevin 2 suggest a direct interaction between Ca 2+-CaM and TA proteins. Thus, CaM appears to regulate TA insertion into the ER membrane in a Ca2+ dependent manner. © 2011 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3485-3490 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | FEBS Letters |
| Volume | 585 |
| Issue number | 21 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 4 Nov 2011 |
Keywords
- Calcium
- Calmodulin
- Membrane insertion
- Tail-anchored membrane proteins
- Trifluoperazine