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Signal sequences: The limits of variation

G. von Heijne
- 05 Jul 1985 - 
- Vol. 184, Iss: 1, pp 99-105
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The results show subtle differences between eukaryotic and prokaryotic sequences, but the general impression of signal sequences as being highly variable is reinforced.
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This article is published in Journal of Molecular Biology.The article was published on 1985-07-05. It has received 2053 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Signal.

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A new method for predicting signal sequence cleavage sites.

TL;DR: A new method for identifying secretory signal sequences and for predicting the site of cleavage between a signal sequence and the mature exported protein is described.
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Predicting subcellular localization of proteins based on their N-terminal amino acid sequence.

TL;DR: A neural network-based tool, TargetP, for large-scale subcellular location prediction of newly identified proteins has been developed and it is estimated that 10% of all plant proteins are mitochondrial and 14% chloroplastic, and that the abundance of secretory proteins, in both Arabidopsis and Homo, is around 10%.
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A Receptor Kinase-Like Protein Encoded by the Rice Disease Resistance Gene, Xa21

TL;DR: The rice Xa21 gene, which confers resistance to Xanthomonas oryzae pv. race 6, was isolated by positional cloning and the sequence of the predicted protein, which carries both a leucine-rich repeat motif and a serine-threonine kinase-like domain, suggests a role in cell surface recognition of a pathogen ligand and subsequent activation of an intracellular defense response.

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TL;DR: The sequence of the predicted protein, which carries both a leucine-rich repeat motif and a serine-threonine kinase-like domain, suggests a role in cell surface recognition of a pathogen ligand and subsequent activation of an intracellular defense response.
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Identification and characterization of the tuberous sclerosis gene on chromosome 16

TL;DR: Northern blot analysis identified a shortened transcript, while reduced expression was observed in another TSC family, confirming TSC2 as the chromosome 16 TSC gene, and its protein product, tuberin, has a region of homology to the GTPase-activating protein GAP3.
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Human epidermal growth factor receptor cDNA sequence and aberrant expression of the amplified gene in A431 epidermoid carcinoma cells

TL;DR: The complete 1,210-amino acid sequence of the human epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor precursor, deduced from cDNA clones derived from placental and A431 carcinoma cells, reveals close similarity between the entire predicted ν-erb-B mRNA oncogene product and the receptor transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains.
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Patterns of Amino Acids near Signal‐Sequence Cleavage Sites

TL;DR: In this paper, some such patterns, based on a sample of 78 eukaryotic signal sequences, are presented and discussed, and a first attempt at formulating rules for the prediction of cleavage sites is made.
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A putative signal peptidase recognition site and sequence in eukaryotic and prokaryotic signal peptides

TL;DR: The proposed existence of a signal peptidase recognition sequence A-X-B with the preferred cleavage site located after the sixth amino acid following the core sequence is proposed.
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The spontaneous insertion of proteins into and across membranes: the helical hairpin hypothesis

TL;DR: It is proposed that the initial event in the secretion of proteins across membranes and their insertion into membranes is the spontaneous penetration of the hydrophobic portion of the bilayer by a helical hairpin.
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How signal sequences maintain cleavage specificity.

TL;DR: Further patterns of non-random amino acid utilization in a region around in vivo cleavage sites are presented, and they can be interpreted in terms of selection acting to reduce the number of potential competing sites in the vicinity of the correct one.
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