Review abstract
Nature Cell Biology 7, 766 - 772 (2005)
doi:10.1038/ncb0805-766
ERAD: the long road to destruction
Birgit Meusser1, Christian Hirsch1, Ernst Jarosch1 & Thomas Sommer1
Abstract
Endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated protein degradation (ERAD) eliminates misfolded or unassembled proteins from the ER. ERAD targets are selected by a quality control system within the ER lumen and are ultimately destroyed by the cytoplasmic ubiquitin–proteasome system (UPS). The spatial separation between substrate selection and degradation in ERAD requires substrate transport from the ER to the cytoplasm by a process termed dislocation. In this review, we will summarize advances in various aspects of ERAD and discuss new findings on how substrate dislocation is achieved.
- Birgit Meusser, Christian Hirsch, Ernst Jarosch and Thomas Sommer are at the Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Robert-Rössle Strasse 10, 13092 Berlin, Germany. e-mail: tsommer@mdc-berlin.de
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