Cellular growth defects triggered by an overload of protein localization processes.

ABSTRACT: High-level expression of a protein localized to an intracellular compartment is expected to cause cellular defects because it overloads localization processes. However, overloads of localization processes have never been studied systematically. Here, we show that the expression levels of green fluorescent proteins (GFPs) with localization signals were limited to the same degree as a toxic misfolded GFP in budding yeast cells, and that their high-level expression caused cellular defects associated with localization processes. We further show that limitation of the exportin Crm1 determined the expression limit of GFP with a nuclear export signal. Although misfolding of GFP with a vesicle-mediated transport signal triggered endoplasmic reticulum stress, it was not the primary determinant of i

SUBMITTER: Kintaka R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4990933 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature