Evidence for the loop model of signal-sequence insertion into the endoplasmic reticulum.
Shaw A, Rottier P, Rose J. Evidence for the loop model of signal-sequence insertion into the endoplasmic reticulum. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1988, 85: 7592-7596. PMID: 2845415, PMCID: PMC282238, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.85.20.7592.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSignal sequenceEndoplasmic reticulumC-terminal transmembraneType II transmembrane proteinInsertion of proteinsCleaved signal sequenceSignal sequence functionN-terminal extensionShort hydrophobic domainVesicular stomatitis virus glycoproteinMembrane anchorMutant proteinsCytoplasmic domainMembrane insertionTransmembrane proteinC-terminusCytoplasmic sideN-terminusBlock cleavageHydrophobic domainCleavage siteHeLa cellsPoint mutationsProteinMicrosomal membranes