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. 2008 Jan 23;27(2):315–327. doi: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601974

Table 2.

Box 2 Workers in the secretory protein factory (an incomplete list)

(A) ‘Public' chaperones and enzymes
Class Name Localization Function
Chaperones BiP/GRP78 ER Folding assistant/unfolding Regulation of IRE1, PERK and ATF6 in ER signaling Translocon gating and regulation
  GRP94 ER Folding assistant
  ORP150 ER Folding assistant, hypoxia
  HERP ER membrane ERAD
  SEL1L ER membrane ERAD
       
Co-chaperones Sil1/BAP ERdjs ER ER ATP exchange factor BiP cofactors
       
Lectins CNX ER membrane Folding
  CRT ER soluble Folding
  ERGIC-53 ERGIC Transport F5, F8, CatZ, CatC, IgM polymers
  VIPL ER Transport
  VIP-36 Cis-Golgi Transport
  EDEM1, 2, 3 ER subregion ERAD
  OS9 ER membrane ERAD
  Erlectin/XTP3-B ER membrane ERAD
       
Enzymes redox Ero1α ER+ERGIC Oxidase
  Ero1β ER Oxidase
  PDI ER Oxidase, isomerase, reductase Subunit of prolyl 4-hydroxylase Subunit of microsomal triacylglycerol transfer protein
  ERp57 ER Isomerase, oxidase?
  ERp72 ER Unclear
  ERp44 ERGIC-cis-Golgi Thiol-mediated retention/IP3R1 regulation
       
Proline isomerases PPIases Cyclophilins ER ER, mitochondria, nucleus, cytosol Proline isomerization
      Proline isomerization
Sugar processing Glucosidase I ER  
  Glucosidase II ER  
  ER Man I ER  
  ER Man II ER  
  UGGT ER Folding sensor
  Man IA, IB, IC Golgi  
(B) ‘Private' tissue- or substrate-specific factors
Name
Tissue expression
Substrates/function
 
Hsp47 Fibroblasts Collagen biosynthesis/chaperone  
PDIp Exocrine pancreas Zymogens/oxidoreductase  
PDILT Sertoli cells in testis Calmegin, Δ-somatostatin/ chaperone  
Egasyn Ubiquitous β-Glucuronidase/chaperone  
Invariant chain APC MHC class II assembly and transport  
Tapasin Ubiquitous MHC class I assembly  
SCAP-RAP Boca/Mesd Ubiquitous LDL receptor assembly and transport  
APC, antigen-presenting cell; CNX, calnexin; CRT, calreticulin; ER Man, ER α1,2-mannosidase; ER, endoplasmic reticulum; ERAD, ER-associated degradation; ERGIC, ER–Golgi intermediate compartment; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; MHC, major histocompatibility complex; UGGT, UDP-glucose glycoprotein glucosyltransferase.