scholarly journals HRDGene Dependence of Endoplasmic Reticulum-associated Degradation

2000 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1697-1708 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Wilhovsky ◽  
Richard Gardner ◽  
Randolph Hampton
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Membrane Proteins ◽  
Protein Degradation ◽  
Degradation Pathway ◽  
Encoded Proteins ◽  
Absolute Dependence ◽  
Coa Reductase ◽  
Ubiquitin Conjugating Enzymes ◽  
Er Membrane

Work from several laboratories has indicated that many different proteins are subject to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) degradation by a common ER-associated machinery. This machinery includes ER membrane proteins Hrd1p/Der3p and Hrd3p and the ER-associated ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes Ubc7p and Ubc6p. The wide variety of substrates for this degradation pathway has led to the reasonable hypothesis that the HRD (Hmg CoA reductase degradation) gene-encoded proteins are generally involved in ER protein degradation in eukaryotes. We have tested this model by directly comparing the HRD dependency of the ER-associated degradation for various ER membrane proteins. Our data indicated that the role of HRD genes in protein degradation, even in this highly defined subset of proteins, can vary from absolute dependence to complete independence. Thus, ER-associated degradation can occur by mechanisms that do not involve Hrd1p or Hrd3p, despite their apparently broad envelope of substrates. These data favor models in which the HRD gene-encoded proteins function as specificity factors, such as ubiquitin ligases, rather than as factors involved in common aspects of ER degradation.

scholarly journals Degradation of integral membrane proteins modified with the photosensitive degron module requires the cytosolic endoplasmic reticulum–associated degradation pathway

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (20) ◽  
pp. 2558-2570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Scheffer ◽  
Sophia Hasenjäger ◽  
Christof Taxis
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Membrane Proteins ◽  
Protein Quality ◽  
Degradation Pathway ◽  
Integral Membrane Proteins ◽  
Secretory Proteins ◽  
Ubiquitin Protein Ligase ◽  
Aaa Atpase ◽  
Endoplasmic Reticulum Associated Degradation ◽  
Ubiquitin Conjugating Enzymes

Protein quality mechanisms are fundamental for proteostasis of eukaryotic cells. Endoplasmic reticulum–associated degradation (ERAD) is a well-studied pathway that ensures quality control of secretory and endoplasmic reticulum (ER)–resident proteins. Different branches of ERAD are involved in degradation of malfolded secretory proteins, depending on the localization of the misfolded part, the ER lumen (ERAD-L), the ER membrane (ERAD-M), and the cytosol (ERAD-C). Here we report that modification of several ER transmembrane proteins with the photosensitive degron (psd) module resulted in light-dependent degradation of the membrane proteins via the ERAD-C pathway. We found dependency on the ubiquitylation machinery including the ubiquitin-activating enzyme Uba1, the ubiquitin-­conjugating enzymes Ubc6 and Ubc7, and the ubiquitin–protein ligase Doa10. Moreover, we found involvement of the Cdc48 AAA-ATPase complex members Ufd1 and Npl4, as well as the proteasome, in degradation of Sec62-myc-psd. Thus, our work shows that ERAD-C substrates can be systematically generated via synthetic degron constructs, which facilitates future investigations of the ERAD-C pathway.

TMCC3 localizes at the three-way junctions for the proper tubular network of the endoplasmic reticulum

2019 ◽  
Vol 476 (21) ◽  
pp. 3241-3260
Author(s):  
Sindhu Wisesa ◽  
Yasunori Yamamoto ◽  
Toshiaki Sakisaka
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Membrane Proteins ◽  
Membrane Protein ◽  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Coiled Coil ◽  
Transmembrane Domains ◽  
Domain Family ◽  
Coiled Coil Domain ◽  
U2os Cells ◽  
Er Membrane

The tubular network of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is formed by connecting ER tubules through three-way junctions. Two classes of the conserved ER membrane proteins, atlastins and lunapark, have been shown to reside at the three-way junctions so far and be involved in the generation and stabilization of the three-way junctions. In this study, we report TMCC3 (transmembrane and coiled-coil domain family 3), a member of the TEX28 family, as another ER membrane protein that resides at the three-way junctions in mammalian cells. When the TEX28 family members were transfected into U2OS cells, TMCC3 specifically localized at the three-way junctions in the peripheral ER. TMCC3 bound to atlastins through the C-terminal transmembrane domains. A TMCC3 mutant lacking the N-terminal coiled-coil domain abolished localization to the three-way junctions, suggesting that TMCC3 localized independently of binding to atlastins. TMCC3 knockdown caused a decrease in the number of three-way junctions and expansion of ER sheets, leading to a reduction of the tubular ER network in U2OS cells. The TMCC3 knockdown phenotype was partially rescued by the overexpression of atlastin-2, suggesting that TMCC3 knockdown would decrease the activity of atlastins. These results indicate that TMCC3 localizes at the three-way junctions for the proper tubular ER network.

scholarly journals Septin-dependent compartmentalization of the endoplasmic reticulum during yeast polarized growth

2005 ◽  
Vol 169 (6) ◽  
pp. 897-908 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cosima Luedeke ◽  
Stéphanie Buvelot Frei ◽  
Ivo Sbalzarini ◽  
Heinz Schwarz ◽  
Anne Spang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Membrane Proteins ◽  
Diffusion Barriers ◽  
Yeast Cells ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Protein Diffusion ◽  
Ultrastructural Studies ◽  
Bud Neck ◽  
Er Membrane

Polarized cells frequently use diffusion barriers to separate plasma membrane domains. It is unknown whether diffusion barriers also compartmentalize intracellular organelles. We used photobleaching techniques to characterize protein diffusion in the yeast endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Although a soluble protein diffused rapidly throughout the ER lumen, diffusion of ER membrane proteins was restricted at the bud neck. Ultrastructural studies and fluorescence microscopy revealed the presence of a ring of smooth ER at the bud neck. This ER domain and the restriction of diffusion for ER membrane proteins through the bud neck depended on septin function. The membrane-associated protein Bud6 localized to the bud neck in a septin-dependent manner and was required to restrict the diffusion of ER membrane proteins. Our results indicate that Bud6 acts downstream of septins to assemble a fence in the ER membrane at the bud neck. Thus, in polarized yeast cells, diffusion barriers compartmentalize the ER and the plasma membrane along parallel lines.

Peroxisomal membrane proteins are properly targeted to peroxisomes in the absence of COPI- and COPII-mediated vesicular transport

2001 ◽  
Vol 114 (11) ◽  
pp. 2199-2204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tineke Voorn-Brouwer ◽  
Astrid Kragt ◽  
Henk F. Tabak ◽  
Ben Distel
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Membrane Proteins ◽  
Secretory Pathway ◽  
Human Fibroblasts ◽  
Vesicle Transport ◽  
Peroxisome Biogenesis ◽  
Peroxisomal Membrane ◽  
Classic Model ◽  
Early Secretory Pathway

The classic model for peroxisome biogenesis states that new peroxisomes arise by the fission of pre-existing ones and that peroxisomal matrix and membrane proteins are recruited directly from the cytosol. Recent studies challenge this model and suggest that some peroxisomal membrane proteins might traffic via the endoplasmic reticulum to peroxisomes. We have studied the trafficking in human fibroblasts of three peroxisomal membrane proteins, Pex2p, Pex3p and Pex16p, all of which have been suggested to transit the endoplasmic reticulum before arriving in peroxisomes. Here, we show that targeting of these peroxisomal membrane proteins is not affected by inhibitors of COPI and COPII that block vesicle transport in the early secretory pathway. Moreover, we have obtained no evidence for the presence of these peroxisomal membrane proteins in compartments other than peroxisomes and demonstrate that COPI and COPII inhibitors do not affect peroxisome morphology or integrity. Together, these data fail to provide any evidence for a role of the endoplasmic reticulum in peroxisome biogenesis.

scholarly journals Proteins of the endoplasmic-reticulum-associated degradation pathway: domain detection and function prediction

2000 ◽  
Vol 351 (2) ◽  
pp. 527-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris P. PONTING
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Large Family ◽  
Degradation Pathway ◽  
Rna Helicases ◽  
Motility Factor ◽  
Domain Of Unknown Function ◽  
Ubiquitin Conjugation ◽  
Coa Reductase ◽  
Vacuolar Protein ◽  
And Function

Sequence database searches, using iterative-profile and Hidden-Markov-model approaches, were used to detect hitherto-undetected homologues of proteins that regulate the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated degradation pathway. The translocon-associated subunit Sec63p (Sec = secretory) was shown to contain a domain of unknown function found twice in several Brr2p-like RNA helicases (Brr2 = bad response to refrigeration 2). Additionally, Cue1p (Cue=coupling of ubiquitin conjugation to ER degradation), a yeast protein that recruits the ubiquitin-conjugating (UBC) enzyme Ubc7p to an ER-associated complex, was found to be one of a large family of putative scaffolding-domain-containing proteins that include the autocrine motility factor receptor and fungal Vps9p (Vps=vacuolar protein sorting). Two other yeast translocon-associated molecules, Sec72p and Hrd3p (Hrd = 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase degradation), were shown to contain multiple tetratricopeptide-repeat-like sequences. From this observation it is suggested that Sec72p associates with a heat-shock protein, Hsp70, in a manner analogous to that known for Hop (Hsp70/Hsp90 organizing protein). Finally, the luminal portion of Ire1p (Ire=high inositol-requiring), thought to convey the sensing function of this transmembrane kinase and endoribonuclease, was shown to contain repeats similar to those in β-propeller proteins. This finding hints at the mechanism by which Ire1p may sense extended unfolded proteins at the expense of compact folded molecules.

scholarly journals Role of HERP and a HERP-related Protein in HRD1-dependent Protein Degradation at the Endoplasmic Reticulum

2013 ◽  
Vol 289 (7) ◽  
pp. 4444-4454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chih-Hsiang Huang ◽  
Yue-Ru Chu ◽  
Yihong Ye ◽  
Xin Chen
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Protein Degradation ◽  
Related Protein ◽  
Dependent Protein

scholarly journals SGTA-Dependent Regulation of Hsc70 Promotes Cytosol Entry of Simian Virus 40 from the Endoplasmic Reticulum

2017 ◽  
Vol 91 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Allison Dupzyk ◽  
Jeffrey M. Williams ◽  
Parikshit Bagchi ◽  
Takamasa Inoue ◽  
Billy Tsai
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Biological Membrane ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Simian Virus 40 ◽  
Simian Virus ◽  
Membrane Penetration ◽  
Critical Function ◽  
Nonenveloped Virus ◽  
Er Membrane

ABSTRACT Membrane penetration by nonenveloped viruses remains enigmatic. In the case of the nonenveloped polyomavirus simian virus 40 (SV40), the virus penetrates the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane to reach the cytosol and then traffics to the nucleus to cause infection. We previously demonstrated that the cytosolic Hsc70-SGTA-Hsp105 complex is tethered to the ER membrane, where Hsp105 and SGTA facilitate the extraction of SV40 from the ER and transport of the virus into the cytosol. We now find that Hsc70 also ejects SV40 from the ER into the cytosol in a step regulated by SGTA. Although SGTA's N-terminal domain, which mediates homodimerization and recruits cellular adaptors, is dispensable during ER-to-cytosol transport of SV40, this domain appears to exert an unexpected post-ER membrane translocation function during SV40 entry. Our study thus establishes a critical function of Hsc70 within the Hsc70-SGTA-Hsp105 complex in promoting SV40 ER-to-cytosol membrane penetration and unveils a role of SGTA in controlling this step. IMPORTANCE How a nonenveloped virus transports across a biological membrane to cause infection remains mysterious. One enigmatic step is whether host cytosolic components are co-opted to transport the viral particle into the cytosol. During ER-to-cytosol membrane transport of the nonenveloped polyomavirus SV40, a decisive infection step, a cytosolic complex composed of Hsc70-SGTA-Hsp105 was previously shown to associate with the ER membrane. SGTA and Hsp105 have been shown to extract SV40 from the ER and transport the virus into the cytosol. We demonstrate here a critical role of Hsc70 in SV40 ER-to-cytosol penetration and reveal how SGTA controls Hsc70 to impact this process.

scholarly journals ER-associated degradation: Protein quality control and beyond

2014 ◽  
Vol 204 (6) ◽  
pp. 869-879 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annamaria Ruggiano ◽  
Ombretta Foresti ◽  
Pedro Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Protein Degradation ◽  
Control Systems ◽  
Protein Quality ◽  
Protein Quality Control ◽  
Secretory Proteins ◽  
Toxic Species ◽  
Cellular Factors

Even with the assistance of many cellular factors, a significant fraction of newly synthesized proteins ends up misfolded. Cells evolved protein quality control systems to ensure that these potentially toxic species are detected and eliminated. The best characterized of these pathways, the ER-associated protein degradation (ERAD), monitors the folding of membrane and secretory proteins whose biogenesis takes place in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). There is also increasing evidence that ERAD controls other ER-related functions through regulated degradation of certain folded ER proteins, further highlighting the role of ERAD in cellular homeostasis.

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