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SUBMITTER: Hollien J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2728407 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hollien Julie J Lin Jonathan H JH Li Han H Stevens Nicole N Walter Peter P Weissman Jonathan S JS
The Journal of cell biology 20090803 3
Maintenance of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) function is achieved in part through Ire1 (inositol-requiring enzyme 1), a transmembrane protein activated by protein misfolding in the ER. The cytoplasmic nuclease domain of Ire1 cleaves the messenger RNA (mRNA) encoding XBP-1 (X-box-binding protein 1), enabling splicing and production of this active transcription factor. We recently showed that Ire1 activation independently induces the rapid turnover of mRNAs encoding membrane and secreted proteins in ...[more]