Journal
TRAFFIC
Volume 11, Issue 5, Pages 651-659Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2010.01043.x
Keywords
disulphide bonds; endoplasmic reticulum; glycosylation; protein folding; quality control
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- AIRC
- Fondazione Cariplo
- MIUR
- Telethon [GGP06155]
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Owing to the quality control mechanisms operating in the early secretory compartment, only native proteins are secreted. Despite the difficulties in assembling planar immunoglobulin M (IgM) polymers, antibody-secreting cells can release up to thousands of IgM per second. The finding that secretory mu (mu(s)) chains bind to ERGIC-53, a lectin transporter that cycles in the early secretory compartment, suggested that ERGIC-53 hexamers could provide a polymerization platform. Here, we show that ERGIC-53 binds to the conserved Asn563 glycan in the C-terminal mu(s) tailpiece (mu(s)tp). Removal of this glycan inhibits ERGIC-53 binding and results in the rapid formation of larger polymeric assemblies. In contrast, removal of the Asn402 oligosaccharides prevents both polymerization and secretion. ERp44, a chaperone that interacts with ERGIC-53, binds to Cys575 in the mu(s)tp, providing a fail-safe mechanism that retrieves unpolymerized IgM subunits and promotes polymerization. The coordinated action of ERGIC-53 and ERp44 provides a way to improve the efficiency of IgM secretion without perturbing its fidelity.
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