The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) chaperone BiP is a master regulator of ER functions: Getting by with a little help from ERdj friends

KFR Pobre, GJ Poet, LM Hendershot - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2019 - ASBMB
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) represents the entry point into the secretory pathway where
nascent proteins encounter a specialized environment for their folding and maturation …

The Sec translocon mediated protein transport in prokaryotes and eukaryotes

K Denks, A Vogt, I Sachelaru, NA Petriman… - Molecular membrane …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Protein transport via the Sec translocon represents an evolutionary conserved mechanism
for delivering cytosolically-synthesized proteins to extra-cytosolic compartments. The Sec …

Structure of the post-translational protein translocation machinery of the ER membrane

X Wu, C Cabanos, TA Rapoport - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Many proteins must translocate through the protein-conducting Sec61 channel in the
eukaryotic endoplasmic reticulum membrane or the SecY channel in the prokaryotic plasma …

Stepwise gating of the Sec61 protein-conducting channel by Sec63 and Sec62

S Itskanov, KM Kuo, JC Gumbart, E Park - Nature structural & molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Many proteins are transported into the endoplasmic reticulum by the universally conserved
Sec61 channel. Post-translational transport requires two additional proteins, Sec62 and …

Mechanism of protein translocation by the Sec61 translocon complex

S Itskanov, E Park - Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in …, 2023 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a major site for protein synthesis, folding, and maturation
in eukaryotic cells, responsible for production of secretory proteins and most integral …

Architecture of the active post‐translational Sec translocon

TH Weng, W Steinchen, B Beatrix… - The EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
In eukaryotes, most secretory and membrane proteins are targeted by an N‐terminal signal
sequence to the endoplasmic reticulum, where the trimeric Sec61 complex serves as protein …

Efficient protein depletion by genetically controlled deprotection of a dormant N‐degron

C Taxis, G Stier, R Spadaccini, M Knop - Molecular systems biology, 2009 - embopress.org
Methods that allow for the manipulation of genes or their products have been highly fruitful
for biomedical research. Here, we describe a method that allows the control of protein …

Targeting cell migration and the endoplasmic reticulum stress response with calmodulin antagonists: a clinically tested small molecule phenocopy of SEC62 gene …

M Linxweiler, S Schorr, N Schäuble, M Jung… - BMC cancer, 2013 - Springer
Background Tumor cells benefit from their ability to avoid apoptosis and invade other
tissues. The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane protein Sec62 is a key player in these …

Ubiquitin fusion technique and related methods

A Varshavsky - Methods in enzymology, 2005 - Elsevier
The ubiquitin fusion technique, developed in 1986, is still the method of choice for producing
a desired N‐terminal residue in a protein of interest in vivo. This technique is also used as a …

Evolutionary gain of function for the ER membrane protein Sec62 from yeast to humans

L Müller, MD De Escauriaza, P Lajoie… - Molecular biology of …, 2010 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Because of similarity to their yeast orthologues, the two membrane proteins of the human
endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Sec62 and Sec63 are expected to play a role in protein …