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ERdj5 Is Required as a Disulfide Reductase for Degradation of Misfolded Proteins in the ER
Ryo Ushioda,1* Jun Hoseki,1,2* Kazutaka Araki,1* Gregor Jansen,3 David Y. Thomas,3 Kazuhiro Nagata1,2
Membrane and secretory proteins cotranslationally enter and are folded in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Misfolded or unassembled proteins are discarded by a process known as ER-associated degradation (ERAD), which involves their retrotranslocation into the cytosol. ERAD substrates frequently contain disulfide bonds that must be cleaved before their retrotranslocation. Here, we found that an ER-resident protein ERdj5 had a reductase activity, cleaved the disulfide bonds of misfolded proteins, and accelerated ERAD through its physical and functional associations with EDEM (ER degradation–enhancing -mannosidase–like protein) and an ER-resident chaperone BiP. Thus, ERdj5 is a member of a supramolecular ERAD complex that recognizes and unfolds misfolded proteins for their efficient retrotranslocation.
1 Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8397, Japan.
2 Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan.
3 Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3G 1Y6, Canada.
* These authors contributed equally to this work.