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Tissue-specific expression and dimerization of the endoplasmic reticulum oxidoreductase Erolb

Dias-Gunasekara, S; Gubbens, J; van Lith, M; Dunne, C; Williams, JA; Kataky, R; Scoones, D; Lapthorn, A; Bulleid, NJ; Benham, AM

Authors

S Dias-Gunasekara

J Gubbens

M van Lith

C Dunne

D Scoones

A Lapthorn

NJ Bulleid



Abstract

Endoplasmic reticulum oxidoreductases (Eros) are essential for the formation of disulfide bonds. Understanding disulfide bond catalysis in mammals is important because of the involvement of protein misfolding in conditions such as diabetes, arthritis, cancer, and aging. Mammals express two related Ero proteins, Ero1 and Ero1. Ero1 is incompletely characterized but is of physiological interest because it is induced by the unfolded protein response. Here, we show that Ero1 can form homodimers and mixed heterodimers with Ero1, in addition to Ero-PDI dimers. Ero-Ero dimers require the Ero active site, occur in vivo, and can be modeled onto the Ero1p crystal structure. Our data indicate that the Ero1 protein is constitutively strongly expressed in the stomach and the pancreas, but in a cell-specific fashion. In the stomach, selective expression of Ero1 occurs in the enzyme-producing chief cells. In pancreatic islets, Ero1 expression is high, but is inversely correlated with PDI and PDIp levels, demonstrating that cell-specific differences exist in the regulation of oxidative protein folding in vivo.

Citation

Dias-Gunasekara, S., Gubbens, J., van Lith, M., Dunne, C., Williams, J., Kataky, R., …Benham, A. (2005). Tissue-specific expression and dimerization of the endoplasmic reticulum oxidoreductase Erolb. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 280(38), 33066-33075. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m505023200

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Sep 1, 2005
Deposit Date May 14, 2007
Journal Journal of Biological Chemistry
Print ISSN 0021-9258
Electronic ISSN 1083-351X
Publisher American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 280
Issue 38
Pages 33066-33075
DOI https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m505023200