Transmembrane but not soluble helices fold inside the ribosome tunnel

Integral membrane proteins are assembled into the ER membrane via the ribosome-translocon channel. Here authors use in vitro translation assays and MD simulations to show that folding in the ribosome is favorable for TM helices, but unfavorable for soluble helices.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Manuel Bañó-Polo, Carlos Baeza-Delgado, Silvia Tamborero, Anthony Hazel, Brayan Grau, IngMarie Nilsson, Paul Whitley, James C. Gumbart, Gunnar von Heijne, Ismael Mingarro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07554-7