Substrate recognition in ER-associated degradation mediated by Eps1, a member of the protein disulfide isomerase family.

Pma1-D378N is a misfolded plasma membrane protein in yeast that is prevented from delivery to the cell surface and targeted instead for ER-associated degradation (ERAD). Degradation of Pma1-D378N is dependent on the ubiquitin ligase Doa10 and the ubiquitin chaperone Cdc48. Recognition of Pma1-D378N by the ERAD pathway is dependent on ...
Eps1, a transmembrane member of the protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) oxidoreductase family. Eps1 has two thioredoxin-like domains containing a CPHC and a CDKC active site. Although Eps1 interaction with wild-type Pma1 was not detected, Eps1 co-immunoprecipitates with Pma1-D378N. Eps1 interaction with Pma1-D378N requires the CPHC motif, although both thioredoxin-like domains appear to cooperate in substrate recognition. In the absence of the native transmembrane domain and cytoplasmic tail of Eps1, degradation of Pma1-D378N is slowed, suggesting that Eps1 facilitates presentation of substrate to membrane-bound components of the degradation machinery. Genetic interactions with other mutants of the ERAD machinery and induction of the unfolded protein response in eps1Delta cells support a general role for Eps1 as a recognition component of the ERAD pathway.
Mesh Terms:
Base Sequence, Blotting, Northern, Blotting, Western, DNA Primers, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Hydrolysis, Membrane Proteins, Molecular Chaperones, Protein Disulfide-Isomerases, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Substrate Specificity
EMBO J.
Date: Aug. 01, 2003
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