BIOLOGY 2B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Signal Peptide, Organelle, Endoplasmic Reticulum
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While protein transport to mitochondria and peroxisomes occurs post-translationally, transport to the er is co-translational --> transport is occurring while translation is in progress. Pathway is known as the secretory pathway because secreted proteins are synthesized in the. Er before vesicle-based transport carries them out of the cell. Er is bound by a single membrane that is continuous with outer membrane of the nucleus. Does not have its own genome, so all er related proteins are coded for in the nuclear genome. First destination for secreted proteins (synthesized in er and then transported to other locations like lysosomes, golgi apparatus, cell membrane and even secreted out of the cell. Membrane associated ribosomes synthesize secretory proteins --> travel through golgi apparatus and in vesicles to reach outside of the cell. Two types of translationally active ribosomes: free ribosomes that are not associated with the er (free in cytosol) and attached ribosomes that are associated to the er membrane.