Marked for Destruction: MANNOSIDASE4 and 5 Process N-Linked Glycans into ER-Associated Degradation Tags
Author(s) -
Nancy R. Hofmann
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.114.126870
Subject(s) - endoplasmic reticulum , biology , glycan , chaperone (clinical) , microbiology and biotechnology , protein folding , endoplasmic reticulum associated protein degradation , cell , biochemistry , glycoprotein , unfolded protein response , medicine , pathology
Elaborate chaperone systems in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) fold nascent polypeptides and refold misfolded proteins, but if those systems fail or get overwhelmed, the resulting aberrant proteins can be harmful and even toxic to the cell. ER quality control is therefore a critical area of cell
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