EMC10 is a component of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane protein complex (EMC), a conserved co- and post-translational insertase which enables the energy-independent insertion into ER membranes of newly synthesized membrane proteins [1-4]. It is involved in the co-translational insertion of multi-pass membrane proteins in which stop-transfer membrane-anchor sequences become ER membrane spanning helices. This complex controls the topology of multi-pass membrane proteins, such as G protein-coupled receptors [1,4].

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2: The ER membrane protein complex interacts cotranslationally to enable biogenesis of multipass membrane proteins. Shurtleff MJ, Itzhak DN, Hussmann JA, Schirle Oakdale NT, Costa EA, Jonikas M, Weibezahn J, Popova KD, Jan CH, Sinitcyn P, Vembar SS, Hernandez H, Cox J, Burlingame AL, Brodsky JL, Frost A, Borner GH, Weissman JS; Elife. 2018; [Epub ahead of print] PMID:29809151

3: The architecture of EMC reveals a path for membrane protein insertion. O'Donnell JP, Phillips BP, Yagita Y, Juszkiewicz S, Wagner A, Malinverni D, Keenan RJ, Miller EA, Hegde RS; Elife. 2020; [Epub ahead of print] PMID:32459176

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