2013/08/27 by Giuseppina Amodio, Rossella Venditti, Maria Antonietta De Matteis +3 · 14 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease #Cellular transport and secretion #RNA regulation and disease
paper · doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2013.08.021
Exit from the Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) of newly synthesized proteins is mediated by COPII vesicles that bud from the ER at the ER Exit Sites (ERESs). Disruption of ER homeostasis causes accumulation of unfolded and misfolded proteins in the ER. This condition is referred to as ER stress. Previously, we demonstrated that ER stress rapidly impairs the formation of COPII vesicles. Here, we show that membrane association of COPII components, and in particular of Sec23a, is impaired by ER stress-inducing agents suggesting the existence of a dynamic interplay between protein folding and COPII assembly at the ER.