KDEL-tagged soluble form of Cosmc functions as wtCosmc and localizes in ER. (A–C) Function of KDEL-tagged soluble form of Cosmc. 293T cells were transiently transfected with plasmids encoding T-synthase–HPC4, HPC4-sCosmc, HPC4-sCosmc-KDEL, and wtCosmc. Cell extracts were prepared and T-synthase activity was measured. Bar 1 represents a single value, bar 5 represents a mean of duplicate values with error bar shown, and the remaining bars represent a mean of triplicate values with error bars shown. The pink line indicates the endogenous level of T-synthase activity and the green line represents the activity after transfection of T-synthase alone (A). T-synthase and Cosmc in cell extracts and media were also analyzed by Western blot with anti-HPC4 (B and C). Black lines indicate that intervening lanes have been spliced out. (D–F) Localization of sCosmc-KDEL. CHO K1 cells cultured on chambered slides transiently transfected with HPC4-sCosmc-KDEL were immunofluorescently stained with anti-HPC4 (green; D) and rabbit anti-calnexin IgG (red; E) and merged (F). The images were collected by confocal microscopy. Bars, 8 μm.