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The lectin ERGIC-53 is a cargo transport receptor for glycoproteins

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Soluble secretory proteins are transported from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to the ER–Golgi intermediate compartment (ERGIC) in vesicles coated with COP-II coat proteins. The sorting of secretory cargo into these vesicles is thought to involve transmembrane cargo-receptor proteins. Here we show that a cathepsin-Z-related glycoprotein binds to the recycling, mannose-specific membrane lectin ERGIC-53. Binding occurs in the ER, is carbohydrate- and calcium-ion-dependent and is affected by untrimmed glucose residues. Binding does not, however, require oligomerization of ERGIC-53, although oligomerization is required for exit of ERGIC-53 from the ER. Dissociation of ERGIC-53 occurs in the ERGIC and is delayed if ERGIC-53 is mislocalized to the ER. These results strongly indicate that ERGIC-53 may function as a receptor facilitating ER-to-ERGIC transport of soluble glycoprotein cargo.

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Figure 1: Crosslinking of ERGIC-53 to a 40K glycoprotein doublet identified as a cathepsin-Z-related protein (catZr).
Figure 2: Crosslinking of ERGIC-53 and catZr depends on a functional CRD of ERGIC-53 and on glycosylation of catZr.
Figure 3: CatZr binds to ERGIC-53 in the ER and dissociates in the ERGIC.
Figure 4: Role of calcium, glucose trimming and mannose trimming of catZr and oligomerization of ERGIC-53 on catZr–ERGIC-53 interaction, probed by crosslinking.

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We thank K. Bucher for technical assistance and M. Farquhar and W. Hong for providing antibodies to mannosidase II and Sec22b, respectively. H.A. was supported by a long-term EMBO fellowship. This work was supported by the Cantons of Basel and the Swiss National Science Foundation.

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Appenzeller, C., Andersson, H., Kappeler, F. et al. The lectin ERGIC-53 is a cargo transport receptor for glycoproteins. Nat Cell Biol 1, 330–334 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/14020

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