School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
EMBO J. 2021 Jan 15;40(2):e107407. doi: 10.15252/embj.2020107407. Epub 2020 Dec 21.
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane protein complex (EMC) was identified over a decade ago in a genetic screen for ER protein homeostasis. The EMC inserts transmembrane domains (TMDs) with limited hydrophobicity. Two recent cryo-EM structures, and a third model based on partial high- and low-resolution structures, suggest how this is accomplished.
内质网(ER)膜蛋白复合物(EMC)在十多年前的 ER 蛋白动态平衡的遗传筛选中被鉴定出来。EMC 插入具有有限疏水性的跨膜结构域(TMD)。最近的两项冷冻电镜结构和基于部分高、低分辨率结构的第三个模型,提出了完成这一过程的机制。