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. 2023 Mar 23;14:1612. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37056-0

Fig. 2. ERD2 function and Golgi residency is conserved amongst eukaryotes.

Fig. 2

a Retention assay using protoplasts showing the secretion index (ratio extra/intracellular Amy-HDEL activity) with cargo alone (either Amy-HDEL or Amy-KDEL) or with co-expressed A. thaliana ERD2b (At) and 12 further ERD2 orthologs from the eukaryotes Ostreococcus lucimarinus (Oi), Acanthamoeba castellanii (Ac), Phytophthora infestans (Pi), Chondrus crispus (Cc), Galdieria sulphuraria (Gs), Homo sapiens (HsERD2), Hypsibius dujardini (Hd), Thalassiosira pseudonana (Tp), Puccinia graminis (Pg), Kluyveromyces lactis (KlERD2), Trypanosoma brucei (Tb) and Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Sc). Transfection efficiencies were normalised by the internal marker GUS established at 5 standard OD units as described in materials and methods. Percentages in brackets refer to the sequence identity with AtERD2b. Error bars are standard errors. Source data are provided as a Source Data file. b CLSM analysis of two separate Arabidopsis thaliana ERD2b fluorescent fusions (YFP-TM-AtERD2 and AtERD2-YFP, shown in green), each co-expressed with the ER marker RFP-KDEL (shown in red) in HeLa cells. The endogenous cis-Golgi marker GM130 was detected via immunocytochemistry (shown in light blue) and the nucleoplasm is stained with DAPI (dark blue). Notice that in contrast to the C-terminal AtERD2-YFP fusion, YFP-TM-AtERD2 is not detected in the ER and shows the best co-localisation with GM130. The size marker bar is 10 microns. c CLSM analysis at higher magnification to compare YFP-TM-AtERD2 with two different Golgi markers. Notice that the trans-Golgi marker TGN46 is clearly distinct from the ERD2-fusion and GM130. Size marker 10 microns. d As in (b), but fluorescent fusions contain human ERD2 (HsERD2). Size marker 10 microns.