scholarly journals Clearing Traffic Jams During Protein Translocation Across Membranes

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lihui Wang ◽  
Yihong Ye
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Protein Folding ◽  
Lipid Bilayers ◽  
Protein Quality ◽  
Protein Translocation ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Protein Quality Control ◽  
Traffic Jams ◽  
Protein Biogenesis

Protein translocation across membranes is a critical facet of protein biogenesis in compartmentalized cells as proteins synthesized in the cytoplasm often need to traverse across lipid bilayers via proteinaceous channels to reach their final destinations. It is well established that protein biogenesis is tightly linked to various protein quality control processes, which monitor errors in protein folding, modification, and localization. However, little is known about how cells cope with translocation defective polypeptides that clog translocation channels (translocons) during protein translocation. This review summarizes recent studies, which collectively reveal a set of translocon-associated quality control strategies for eliminating polypeptides stuck in protein-conducting channels in the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria.

scholarly journals Protein quality control in the secretory pathway

2019 ◽  
Vol 218 (10) ◽  
pp. 3171-3187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhihao Sun ◽  
Jeffrey L. Brodsky
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Protein Folding ◽  
Secretory Pathway ◽  
Protein Quality ◽  
Protein Quality Control ◽  
Misfolded Proteins ◽  
Unfolded Protein ◽  
Protein Biogenesis ◽  
The Unfolded Protein Response ◽  
Protein Response

Protein folding is inherently error prone, especially in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Even with an elaborate network of molecular chaperones and protein folding facilitators, misfolding can occur quite frequently. To maintain protein homeostasis, eukaryotes have evolved a series of protein quality-control checkpoints. When secretory pathway quality-control pathways fail, stress response pathways, such as the unfolded protein response (UPR), are induced. In addition, the ER, which is the initial hub of protein biogenesis in the secretory pathway, triages misfolded proteins by delivering substrates to the proteasome or to the lysosome/vacuole through ER-associated degradation (ERAD) or ER-phagy. Some misfolded proteins escape the ER and are instead selected for Golgi quality control. These substrates are targeted for degradation after retrieval to the ER or delivery to the lysosome/vacuole. Here, we discuss how these guardian pathways function, how their activities intersect upon induction of the UPR, and how decisions are made to dispose of misfolded proteins in the secretory pathway.

scholarly journals Characterization of an ERAD Gene as VPS30/ATG6 Reveals Two Alternative and Functionally Distinct Protein Quality Control Pathways: One for Soluble Z Variant of Human α-1 Proteinase Inhibitor (A1PiZ) and Another for Aggregates of A1PiZ

2006 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 203-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina B. Kruse ◽  
Jeffrey L. Brodsky ◽  
Ardythe A. McCracken
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Proteinase Inhibitor ◽  
Protein Quality ◽  
Protein Quality Control ◽  
Carboxypeptidase Y ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Secretion Pathway ◽  
Golgi Network ◽  
Yeast Mutants

The Z variant of human α-1 proteinase inhibitor (A1PiZ) is a substrate for endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein degradation (ERAD). To identify genes required for the degradation of this protein, A1PiZ degradation-deficient (add) yeast mutants were isolated. The defect in one of these mutants, add3, was complemented by VPS30/ATG6, a gene that encodes a component of two phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PtdIns 3-kinase) complexes: complex I is required for autophagy, whereas complex II is required for the carboxypeptidase Y (CPY)-to-vacuole pathway. We found that upon overexpression of A1PiZ, both PtdIns 3-kinase complexes were required for delivery of the excess A1PiZ to the vacuole. When the CPY-to-vacuole pathway was compromised, A1PiZ was secreted; however, disruption of autophagy led to an increase in aggregated A1PiZ rather than secretion. These results suggest that excess soluble A1PiZ transits the secretion pathway to the trans-Golgi network and is selectively targeted to the vacuole via the CPY-to-vacuole sorting pathway, but excess A1PiZ that forms aggregates in the endoplasmic reticulum is targeted to the vacuole via autophagy. These findings illustrate the complex nature of protein quality control in the secretion pathway and reveal multiple sites that recognize and sort both soluble and aggregated forms of aberrant or misfolded proteins.

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