Signal peptide-binding drug as a selective inhibitor of co-translational protein translocation.

In eukaryotic cells, surface expression of most type I transmembrane proteins requires translation and simultaneous insertion of the precursor protein into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane for subsequent routing to the cell surface. This co-translational translocation pathway is initiated whe...

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Main Authors: Kurt Vermeire, Thomas W Bell, Victor Van Puyenbroeck, Anne Giraut, Sam Noppen, Sandra Liekens, Dominique Schols, Enno Hartmann, Kai-Uwe Kalies, Mark Marsh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-12-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002011