Co-translational folding of an alphavirus capsid protein in the cytosol of living cells
- 6 September 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Cell Biology
- Vol. 1 (6) , 341-345
- https://doi.org/10.1038/14032
Abstract
The Semliki Forest virus capsid protein contains a chymotrypsin-like protease domain that must fold before it can autocatalytically cleave the protein from a larger polyprotein precursor. Here we analyse this cleavage in living mammalian and prokaryotic cells, and find that it occurs immediately after the emergence of the protease domain from the ribosome during protein synthesis. The acquisition of the native conformation of this domain thus occurs rapidly and at the same time as translation. It does not require termination of translation or release from the ribosome, and nor does it involve Hsp70 binding. These results provide direct evidence that protein folding can occur co-translationally in the cytosol of both prokaryotes and eukaryotes.Keywords
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