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Folding of a single domain protein entering the endoplasmic reticulum precedes disulfide formation.


ABSTRACT: The relationship between protein synthesis, folding, and disulfide formation within the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is poorly understood. Previous studies have suggested that pre-existing disulfide links are absolutely required to allow protein folding and, conversely, that protein folding occurs prior to disulfide formation. To address the question of what happens first within the ER, that is, protein folding or disulfide formation, we studied folding events at the early stages of polypeptide chain translocation into the mammalian ER using stalled translation intermediates. Our results demonstrate that polypeptide folding can occur without complete domain translocation. Protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) interacts with these early intermediates, but disulfide formation does not occur unless the entire sequence of the protein domain is translocated. This is the first evidence that folding of the polypeptide chain precedes disulfide formation within a cellular context and highlights key differences between protein folding in the ER and refolding of purified proteins.

SUBMITTER: Robinson PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5409466 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Folding of a single domain protein entering the endoplasmic reticulum precedes disulfide formation.

Robinson Philip J PJ   Pringle Marie Anne MA   Woolhead Cheryl A CA   Bulleid Neil J NJ  

The Journal of biological chemistry 20170315 17


The relationship between protein synthesis, folding, and disulfide formation within the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is poorly understood. Previous studies have suggested that pre-existing disulfide links are absolutely required to allow protein folding and, conversely, that protein folding occurs prior to disulfide formation. To address the question of what happens first within the ER, that is, protein folding or disulfide formation, we studied folding events at the early stages of polypeptide ch  ...[more]

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