Unconventional secretion of the mutated 19 kDa protein of Oplophorus luciferase (nanoKAZ) in mammalian cells
2014
Abstract The putative amino-terminal signal peptide of the catalytic 19 kDa protein (KAZ) of Oplophorus luciferase was found to be a functional secretory peptide in mammalian cells. A 16 amino acid substituted mutant of KAZ (nanoKAZ) could be secreted from mammalian cells using the amino-terminal signal peptide of KAZ, but KAZ could not be secreted at all. Notably, nanoKAZ lacking the amino-terminal signal peptide could be secreted from mammalian cells, and the distribution of nanoKAZ on the cell membrane was confirmed by video-rate bioluminescence imaging. Thus, nanoKAZ lacking the amino-terminal signal peptide was expressed in the cytoplasm, translocated to the cell membrane, and released into the culture medium through an endoplasmic reticulum–Golgi-independent pathway.
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