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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 279, Issue 13, Pages 12943-12950Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M313245200
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The recycling mannose lectin ERGIC- 53 operates as a transport receptor by mediating efficient endoplasmic reticulum ( ER) export of some secretory glycoproteins. Binding of cargo to ERGIC- 53 in the ER requires Ca2+. Cargo release occurs in the ERGIC, but the molecular mechanism is unknown. Here we report efficient binding of purified ERGIC- 53 to immobilized mannose at pH 7.4, the pH of the ER, but not at slightly lower pH. pH sensitivity of the lectin was more prominent when Ca2+ concentrations were low. A conserved histidine in the center of the carbohydrate recognition domain was required for lectin activity suggesting it may serve as a molecular pH/Ca2+ sensor. Acidification of cells inhibited the association of ERGIC- 53 with the known cargo cathepsin Z- related protein and dissociation of this glycoprotein in the ERGIC was impaired by organelle neutralization that did not impair the transport of a control protein. The results elucidate the molecular mechanism underlying reversible lectin/ cargo interaction and establish the ERGIC as the earliest low pH site of the secretory pathway.
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