title: Deglycosylation-dependent fluorescent proteins provide unique tools for the study of ER-associated degradation.
abstract: Endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (ERAD) is a constitutive process that identifies misfolded proteins in the ER and shuttles them to the cytosol, where they can be degraded by the proteasome. The accumulation of misfolded proteins can be catastrophic at both the cellular and organismal level. Although the players involved and mechanistic details of ERAD are being characterized, much remains to be learned. Because of the complexity of the pathway, experimental studies generally require labor-intensive biochemical techniques. Here, we report the development of a system to analyze ERAD based on mutants of split or intact Venus fluorescent protein for which fluorescence depends on enzymatic deglycosylation. We have generated variants that only become fluorescent when they are first glycosylated in the ER and subsequently deglycosylated after retrotranslocation into the cytosol. The E3 ubiquitin ligase HMG-coA reductase degradation 1 homolog (Hrd1) and, consistent with the demonstrated glycosylation/deglycosylation requirement, the cytosolic deglycosylating enzyme peptide:N'glycanase are both required for fluorescence. Furthermore, although these deglycosylation-dependent fluorescent proteins are themselves ERAD substrates, they can also be fused to additional ERAD substrates to interrogate substrate-specific pathways. To validate the system we performed a genomewide siRNA screen that successfully identified known ERAD factors such as Hrd1; homocysteine-inducible, endoplasmic reticulum stress-inducible, ubiquitin-like domain member 1 (HERP); sel-1 suppressor of lin-12-like (SEL1L); and p97. These tools should greatly facilitate the identification of ERAD components and investigation of the mechanisms involved in this critical pathway.
authors: Department of , Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. jeffrey.grotzke@yale.edu
authors: Jeff E
authors: JE
authors: Grotzke
authors: Qiao
authors: Q
authors: Lu
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Cresswell
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D060746:Endoplasmic Reticulum-Associated Degradation; D005453:Fluorescence; D015894:Genome, Human / Q000235:genetics; D006031:Glycosylation; D057809:HEK293 Cells; D006801:Humans; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C054562:yellow fluorescent protein, Bacteria; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
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