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Malectin participates in a backup glycoprotein quality control pathway in the mammalian ER

Galli, Carmela ; Bernasconi, Riccardo ; Soldà, Tatiana ; Calanca, Verena ; Molinari, Maurizio

In: Plos one, 2011, vol. 6, no. 1, p. e16304

Malectin is a conserved, endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-resident lectin that recognizes high mannose oligosaccharides displaying terminal glucose residues. Here we show that Malectin is an ER stress-induced protein that selectively associates with glycopolypeptides without affecting their entry and their retention in the Calnexin chaperone system. Analysis of the obligate Calnexin client...

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Stringent requirement for HRD1, SEL1L, and OS-9/XTP3-B for disposal of ERAD-LS substrates

Bernasconi, Riccardo ; Galli, Carmela ; Calanca, Verena ; Nakajima, Toshihiro ; Molinari, Maurizio

In: The journal of cell biology, 2010, vol. 188, no. 2, p. 223–235

Sophisticated quality control mechanisms prolong retention of protein-folding intermediates in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) until maturation while sorting out terminally misfolded polypeptides for ER-associated degradation (ERAD). The presence of structural lesions in the luminal, transmembrane, or cytosolic domains determines the classification of misfolded polypeptides as ERAD-L, -M, or -C...