The Hrd1p ligase complex forms a linchpin between ER-lumenal substrate selection and Cdc48p recruitment

Item Type:	Article
Title:	The Hrd1p ligase complex forms a linchpin between ER-lumenal substrate selection and Cdc48p recruitment
Creators Name:	Gauss, R. and Sommer, T. and Jarosch, E.
Abstract:	Misfolded proteins of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) are targeted to the cytoplasm for proteasomal degradation. Key components of this process are ER membrane-bound ubiquitin ligases. These ligases associate with the cytoplasmic AAA-ATPase Cdc48p/p97, which is thought to support the release of malfolded proteins from the ER. Here, we characterize a yeast protein complex containing the ubiquitin ligase Hrd1p and the ER membrane proteins Hrd3p and Der1p. Hrd3p binds malfolded proteins in the ER lumen enabling their delivery to downstream components. Therefore, we propose that Hrd3p acts as a substrate recruitment factor for the Hrd1p ligase complex. Hrd3p function is also required for the association of Cdc48p with Hrd1p. Moreover, our data demonstrate that recruitment of Cdc48p depends on substrate processing by the Hrd1p ligase complex. Thus, the Hrd1p ligase complex unites substrate selection in the ER lumen and polyubiquitination in the cytoplasm and links these processes to the release of ER proteins via the Cdc48p complex.
Keywords:	Cdc48/p97, ERAD, Hrd1, Hrd3, Protein Degradation
Source:	EMBO Journal
ISSN:	0261-4189
Publisher:	Nature Publishing Group
Volume:	25
Number:	9
Page Range:	1827-1835
Date:	3 May 2006
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.emboj.7601088
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