Calnexin cycle – structural features of the ER chaperone system
Open Access
- 13 April 2020
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in The FEBS Journal
- Vol. 287 (20), 4322-4340
- https://doi.org/10.1111/febs.15330
Abstract
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the major folding compartment for secreted and membrane proteins and is the site of a specific chaperone system, the calnexin cycle, for folding N‐glycosylated proteins. Recent structures of components of the calnexin cycle have deepened our understanding of quality control mechanisms and protein folding pathways in the ER. In the calnexin cycle, proteins carrying monoglucosylated glycans bind to the lectin chaperones calnexin and calreticulin, which recruit a variety of function‐specific chaperones to mediate protein disulfide formation, proline isomerization, and general protein folding. Upon trimming by glucosidase II, the glycan without an inner glucose residue is no longer able to bind to the lectin chaperones. For proteins that have not yet folded properly, the enzyme UDP‐glucose:glycoprotein glucosyltransferase (UGGT) acts as a checkpoint by adding a glucose back to the N‐glycan. This allows the misfolded proteins to re‐associate with calnexin and calreticulin for additional rounds of chaperone‐mediated refolding and prevents them from exiting the ERs. Here, we review progress in structural studies of the calnexin cycle, which reveal common features of how lectin chaperones recruit function‐specific chaperones and how UGGT recognizes misfolded proteins.Keywords
Funding Information
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (RGPIN‐2014‐04686)
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