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SUBMITTER: Gardner BM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3578356 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gardner Brooke M BM Pincus David D Gotthardt Katja K Gallagher Ciara M CM Walter Peter P
Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology 20130301 3
Secretory and transmembrane proteins enter the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) as unfolded proteins and exit as either folded proteins in transit to their target organelles or as misfolded proteins targeted for degradation. The unfolded protein response (UPR) maintains the protein-folding homeostasis within the ER, ensuring that the protein-folding capacity of the ER meets the load of client proteins. Activation of the UPR depends on three ER stress sensor proteins, Ire1, PERK, and ATF6. Although the ...[more]