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| The EMBO Journal
(1999) 18, 6718–6729, doi:10.1093/emboj/18.23.6718 |
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| Calreticulin functions in vitro as a molecular chaperone for both glycosylated and non-glycosylated proteins |
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| Yoshiro Saito, Yoshito Ihara, Michael R. Leach, Myrna F. Cohen-Doyle and David B. Williams |
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Department of Biochemistry, Medical Sciences Building, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8 To whom correspondence should be addressed David B. Williams, david.williams@utoronto.ca Received 9 August 1999; Revised 8 October 1999; Accepted 8 October 1999. |
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| Abstract |
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| Calreticulin (CRT) is thought to be a molecular chaperone that interacts with glycoproteins exclusively through a lectin site specific for monoglucosylated oligosaccharides. However, this chaperone function has never been directly demonstrated nor is it clear how lectin–oligosaccharide interactions facilitate glycoprotein folding. Using purified components, we show that CRT suppresses the aggregation not only of a glycoprotein bearing monoglucosylated oligosaccharides but also that of non-glycosylated proteins. Furthermore, CRT forms stable complexes with unfolded, non-glycosylated substrates but does not associate with native proteins. ATP and Zn2+ enhance CRT's ability to suppress aggregation of non- glycoproteins, whereas engagement of its lectin site with purified oligosaccharide attenuates this function. CRT also confers protection against thermal inactivation and maintains substrates in a folding-competent state. We conclude that in addition to being a lectin CRT possesses a polypeptide binding capacity capable of discriminating between protein conformational states and that it functions in vitro as a classical molecular chaperone. |
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| Keywords: calreticulin, endoplasmic reticulum, molecular chaperone, protein folding |
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