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Mol. Cell. Biol., 01 1998, 388-399, Vol 18, No. 1
H Otera, K Okumoto, K Tateishi, Y Ikoma, E Matsuda, M Nishimura, T Tsukamoto, T Osumi, K Ohashi, O Higuchi and Y Fujiki
To investigate the mechanisms of peroxisome assembly and the molecular
basis of peroxisome assembly disorders, we isolated and characterized a
peroxisome-deficient CHO cell mutant, ZP139, which was found to belong to
human complementation group II, the same group as that of our earlier
mutant, ZP105. These mutants had a phenotypic deficiency in the import of
peroxisomal targeting signal type 1 (PTS1) proteins. Amino- terminal
extension signal (PTS2)-mediated transport, including that of 3-ketoacyl
coenzyme A thiolase, was also defective in ZP105 but not in ZP139. PEX5
cDNA, encoding the PTS1 receptor (PTS1R), was isolated from wild-type
CHO-K1 cells. PTS1R's deduced primary sequence comprised 595 amino acids, 7
amino acids less than the human homolog, and contained seven
tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) motifs at the C-terminal region. Chinese
hamster PTS1R showed 94, 28, and 24% amino acid identity with PTS1Rs from
humans, Pichia pastoris, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, respectively. A
PTS1R isoform (PTS1RL) with 632 amino acid residues was identified in CHO
cells; for PTS1R, 37 amino acids were inserted between residues at
positions 215 and 216 of a shorter isoform (PTS1RS). Southern blot analysis
of CHO cell genomic DNA suggested that these two isoforms are derived from
a single gene. Both types of PEX5 complemented impaired import of PTS1 in
mutants ZP105 and ZP139. PTS2 import in ZP105 was rescued only by PTS1RL.
This finding strongly suggests that PTS1RL is also involved in the
transport of PTS2. Mutations in PEX5 were determined by reverse
transcription-PCR: a G-to- A transition resulted in one amino acid
substitution: Gly298Glu of PTS1RS (G335E of PTS1RL) in ZP105 and Gly485Glu
of PTS1RS (G522E of PTS1RL) in ZP139. Both mutations were in the TPR
domains (TPR1 and TPR6), suggesting the functional consequence of these
domains in protein translocation. The implications of these mutations are
discussed.
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology
Peroxisome targeting signal type 1 (PTS1) receptor is involved in import of both PTS1 and PTS2: studies with PEX5-defective CHO cell mutants
Department of Biology, Kyushu University Faculty of Science, Fukuoka, Japan.
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