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- * SRP54-type proteins GTP-binding domain signature *
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- The signal recognition particle (SRP) is an oligomeric complex that mediates
- targeting and insertion of the signal sequence of exported proteins into
- the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum. SRP consists of a 7S RNA and six
- protein subunits. One of these subunits, the 54 Kd protein (SRP54), is a GTP-
- binding protein that interacts with the signal sequence when it emerges from
- the ribosome. The N-terminal 300 residues of SRP54 include the GTP-binding
- site (G-domain) and are evolutionary related to similar domains in other
- proteins which are listed below [1].
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- - Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis ffh protein (P48), a protein which
- seems to be the prokaryotic counterpart of SRP54. Ffh is associated with a
- 4.5S RNA in the prokaryotic SRP complex.
- - Signal recognition particle receptor alpha subunit (docking protein), an
- integral membrane GTP-binding protein which ensures, in conjunction with
- SRP, the correct targeting of nascent secretory proteins to the endoplasmic
- reticulum membrane. The G-domain is located at the C-terminal extremity of
- the protein.
- - Escherichia coli ftsY protein, a protein coded in an operon essential for
- cell division and which is believed to play a similar role to that of the
- docking protein in eukaryotes. The G-domain is located at the C-terminal
- extremity of the protein.
- - The pilA protein from Neisseria gonorrhoeae which seems to be the homolog
- of ftsY.
- - A protein from the archaebacteria Sulfolobus solfataricus. This protein is
- also believed to be a docking protein. The G-domain is also at the C-
- terminus.
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- The best conserved regions in those domains are the sequence motifs that are
- part of the GTP-binding site, but as those regions are not specific to these
- proteins, we did not use them as a signature pattern. Instead, we selected a
- conserved region located at the C-terminal end of the domain.
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- -Consensus pattern: P-[LIVM]-x-[FYL]-[LIVMA]-G-x-G-[EQ]-x(4)-[LIVMF]
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: a 186 Kd protein (ORF 1) from
- narcissus mosaic virus (NMV).
- -Last update: June 1994 / Pattern and text revised.
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- [ 1] Althoff S., Selinger D., Wise J.A.
- Nucleic Acids Res. 22:1933-1947(1994).
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