BiP-mediated closing of the Sec61 channel limits Ca2+ leakage from the ER.
In mammalian cells, signal peptide-dependent protein transport into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is mediated by a dynamic protein-conducting channel, the Sec61 complex. Previous work has characterized the Sec61 channel as a potential ER Ca(2+) leak channel and identified calmodulin as limiting Ca(2+) leakage in a Ca(2+)-dependent manner by binding to ... an IQ motif in the cytosolic aminoterminus of Sec61α. Here, we manipulated the concentration of the ER lumenal chaperone BiP in cells in different ways and used live cell Ca(2+) imaging to monitor the effects of reduced levels of BiP on ER Ca(2+) leakage. Regardless of how the BiP concentration was lowered, the absence of available BiP led to increased Ca(2+) leakage via the Sec61 complex. When we replaced wild-type Sec61α with mutant Sec61αY344H in the same model cell, however, Ca(2+) leakage from the ER increased and was no longer affected by manipulation of the BiP concentration. Thus, BiP limits ER Ca(2+) leakage through the Sec61 complex by binding to the ER lumenal loop 7 of Sec61α in the vicinity of tyrosine 344.
Mesh Terms:
Amino Acid Sequence, Calcium, Calcium Signaling, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Gene Silencing, HeLa Cells, Heat-Shock Proteins, Humans, Ion Channel Gating, Ion Transport, Membrane Proteins, Models, Molecular, Molecular Sequence Data, Protein Binding, Protein Folding, RNA, Small Interfering
Amino Acid Sequence, Calcium, Calcium Signaling, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Gene Silencing, HeLa Cells, Heat-Shock Proteins, Humans, Ion Channel Gating, Ion Transport, Membrane Proteins, Models, Molecular, Molecular Sequence Data, Protein Binding, Protein Folding, RNA, Small Interfering
EMBO J.
Date: Aug. 01, 2012
PubMed ID: 22796945
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