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SUBMITTER: Wang F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3234808 | biostudies-other | 2011 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Wang Fan F Song Wensi W Brancati Giovanna G Segatori Laura L
The Journal of biological chemistry 20111017 50
Lysosomal storage disorders are often caused by mutations that destabilize native folding and impair trafficking of secretory proteins. We demonstrate that endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated degradation (ERAD) prevents native folding of mutated lysosomal enzymes in patient-derived fibroblasts from two clinically distinct lysosomal storage disorders, namely Gaucher and Tay-Sachs disease. Prolonging ER retention via ERAD inhibition enhanced folding, trafficking, and activity of these unstable e ...[more]