Abstract
Several soluble proteins that reside in the lumen of the ER contain a specific C-terminal sequence (KDEL) which prevents their secretion. This sequence may be recognized by a receptor that either immobilizes the proteins in the ER, or sorts them from other proteins at a later point in the secretory pathway and returns them to their normal location. To distinguish these possibilities, I have attached an ER retention signal to the lysosomal protein cathepsin D. The oligosaccharide side chains of this protein are normally modified sequentially by two enzymes to form mannose-6-phosphate residues; these enzymes do not act in the ER, but are thought to be located in separate compartments within (or near) the Golgi apparatus. Cathepsin D bearing the ER signal accumulates within the ER, but continues to be modified by the first of the mannose-6-phosphate forming enzymes. Modification is strongly temperature-dependent, which is also a feature of ER-to-Golgi transport. These results support the idea that luminal ER proteins are continuously retrieved from a post-ER compartment, and that this compartment contains N-acetylglucosaminyl-1-phosphotransferase activity.
MeSH Terms
Animals
Cathepsin D/analysis,genetics
Cell Line
Endoplasmic Reticulum/metabolism
Humans
Lysosomes/metabolism
Phosphorus Radioisotopes
Phosphorylation
Plasmids
Protein Processing, Post-Translational
Recombinant Fusion Proteins/analysis
Transfection
Chemicals
Phosphorus Radioisotopes
Recombinant Fusion Proteins
Cathepsin D
Authors & Affiliations
1 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Pelham H R
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.
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