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We have translated the HLA-B27 heavy chain in vitro and studied its assembly with beta 2-microglobulin and peptide in microsomes from human cells. The assembly process requires ATP. However, the translocation of peptide across the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane does not require ATP, and binding of biotinylated peptide to BiP, an ER luminal protein, occurs after ATP depletion. Proteinase K treatment of the microsomes does not block peptide translocation. Thus, ATP is required in the lumen of the ER for efficient assembly to occur. Microsomes prepared from Raji and T1 cells show similar levels of assembly, whereas assembly in T2 microsomes is 10-fold lower. This difference remains after peptide stimulation of assembly. The inefficient assembly in T2 microsomes is not due to impaired peptide translocation across the ER membrane, as no difference was found compared with microsomes from T1 cells. Instead, the defect seems to reside in the lumen of the ER.
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PMID:ATP is required for in vitro assembly of MHC class I antigens but not for transfer of peptides across the ER membrane. 191 23

We have investigated recombinant fibrillin-1 (profib-1) and fibrillin-2 (glyfib-2) molecules encoding the proline- or glycine-rich regions with flanking domains (exons 9-11), in order to establish whether these sequences might mediate specific molecular recognition events important in fibrillin assembly. Our data demonstrate that both recombinant molecules can form extracellular dimers, but highlight subtle differences in the stability of these dimers. Following expression in COS-1 cells, SDS-PAGE analysis showed that glyfib-2 was present intracellularly as monomers, and extracellularly as monomers and disulphide-bonded dimers. Size fractionation in native non-reducing conditions prior to SDS-PAGE analysis highlighted that glyfib-2 also formed non-covalent associations. In contrast, profib-1 appeared monomeric in cells and medium. Using an in vitro translation system supplemented with semipermeabilised HT1080 cells together with chemical crosslinking, dimers of the fibrillin-1 and fibrillin-2 molecules were detected. Dimerisation was not cell-dependent since molecules translated in the absence of cells dimerised, and was not an intracellular event as judged by proteinase K digestions. A crosslinking and coimmunoprecipitation strategy provided a means of investigating whether molecular chaperones might be involved in preventing dimerisation of translocated molecules. Proteinase K-resistant recombinant molecules associated rapidly with BiP, and thereafter with protein disulphide isomerase and calreticulin. Differences between the two fibrillin isoforms in ability to form stable dimers prompted investigation of the proline- and glycine-rich sequences. Differences in solubility and pI were apparent that may contribute to reduced stability of proline-rich region interactions. These studies suggest that extracellular dimer formation mediated by interactions of the proline- and glycine-rich regions may be a crucial early step in the extracellular assembly of fibrillin into microfibrils.
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PMID:Fibrillin assembly: dimer formation mediated by amino-terminal sequences. 1050 3