title: The thiol oxidoreductase ERp57 is a component of the MHC class I peptide-loading complex.
abstract: The proper folding and assembly of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is an intricate process involving a number of components. Nascent heavy chains of MHC class I molecules, translocated into the ER membrane, are rapidly glycosylated and bind the transmembrane chaperone calnexin. In humans, after dissociation from calnexin, fully oxidized MHC class I heavy chains associate with beta 2-microglobulin (beta 2m) and the soluble chaperone calreticulin. This complex interacts with another transmembrane protein, tapasin, which is believed to assist in MHC class I folding as well as in mediating the interaction between assembling MHC class I molecules and the transporter associated with antigen processing (TAP). The TAP heterodimer (TAP1-TAP2) introduces the final component of the MHC class I molecule by translocating peptides, predominately generated by the proteasome, from the cytosol into the ER where they can bind dimers of beta 2M and the MHC class I heavy chain. Recently, the thiol oxidoreductase ERp57--also known as GRP58, ERp61, ER60, Q2, HIP-70, and CPT and first misidentified as phospholipase C-alpha--has been shown to bind in conjunction with calnexin or calreticulin to a number of newly synthesized ER glycoproteins when their N-linked glycans are trimmed by glucosidases I and II. It was speculated that ERp57 is a generic component of the glycan-dependent ER quality control system. Here, we show that ERp57 is a component of the MHC class I peptide-loading complex. ERp57 might influence the folding of MHC class I molecules at a critical step in peptide loading.
authors.affiliation: Section of Immunobiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cresswell
mesh_terms: D000071181:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 2; D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000378:metabolism; D017920:Antiporters / Q000378:metabolism; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D037282:Calreticulin; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000378:metabolism; D007535:Isomerases / Q000378:metabolism*; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D010455:Peptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D011490:Protein Disulfide Reductase (Glutathione) / Q000378:metabolism*; D019704:Protein Disulfide-Isomerases; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000071181:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 2; D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D017920:Antiporters; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D037282:Calreticulin; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D010455:Peptides; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins; C073119:TAP1 protein, human; C107762:tapasin; D011490:Protein Disulfide Reductase (Glutathione); D007535:Isomerases; D019704:Protein Disulfide-Isomerases; C085868:PDIA3 protein, human