Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: EC:3.1.6.1 (sulfatase)
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Inside the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) formylglycine-generating enzyme (FGE) catalyzes in newly synthesized sulfatases the post-translational oxidation of a specific cysteine. Thereby formylglycine is generated, which is essential for sulfatase activity. Here we show that ERp44 interacts with FGE forming heterodimeric and, to a lesser extent, also heterotetrameric and octameric complexes, which are stabilized through disulfide bonding between cysteine 29 of ERp44 and cysteines 50 and 52 in the N-terminal region of FGE. ERp44 mediates FGE retrieval to the ER via its C-terminal RDEL signal. Increasing ERp44 levels by overexpression enhances and decreasing ERp44 levels by silencing reduces ER retention of FGE. Suppressing disulfide bonding by mutating the critical cysteines neither abrogates ERp44.FGE complex formation nor interferes with ERp44-mediated retention of FGE, indicating that noncovalent interactions between ERp44 and FGE are sufficient to mediate ER retention. The N-terminal region of FGE harboring Cys(50) and Cys(52) is dispensible for catalytic activity in vitro but required for FGE-mediated activation of sulfatases in vivo. This in vivo activity is affected neither by overexpression nor by silencing of ERp44, indicating that a further ER component interacting with the N-terminal extension of FGE is critical for sulfatase activation.
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PMID:ERp44 mediates a thiol-independent retention of formylglycine-generating enzyme in the endoplasmic reticulum. 1817 49

Sulfatase modifying factor 1 (SUMF1) encodes for the formylglicine generating enzyme, which activates sulfatases by modifying a key cysteine residue within their catalytic domains. SUMF1 is mutated in patients affected by multiple sulfatase deficiency, a rare recessive disorder in which all sulfatase activities are impaired. Despite the absence of canonical retention/retrieval signals, SUMF1 is largely retained in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), where it exerts its enzymatic activity on nascent sulfatases. Part of SUMF1 is secreted and paracrinally taken up by distant cells. Here we show that SUMF1 interacts with protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) and ERp44, two thioredoxin family members residing in the early secretory pathway, and with ERGIC-53, a lectin that shuttles between the ER and the Golgi. Functional assays reveal that these interactions are crucial for controlling SUMF1 traffic and function. PDI couples SUMF1 retention and activation in the ER. ERGIC-53 and ERp44 act downstream, favoring SUMF1 export from and retrieval to the ER, respectively. Silencing ERGIC-53 causes proteasomal degradation of SUMF1, while down-regulating ERp44 promotes its secretion. When over-expressed, each of three interactors favors intracellular accumulation. Our results reveal a multistep control of SUMF1 trafficking, with sequential interactions dynamically determining ER localization, activity and secretion.
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PMID:Multistep, sequential control of the trafficking and function of the multiple sulfatase deficiency gene product, SUMF1 by PDI, ERGIC-53 and ERp44. 1850 57