Evidence map›Paper›PMID 12475965›Full record

ArticleMolecular biology of the cell2002

A subset of chaperones and folding enzymes form multiprotein complexes in endoplasmic reticulum to bind nascent proteins.

Laurent Meunier, Young-Kwang Usherwood, Kyung Tae Chung, Linda M Hendershot

Open access · greenAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Molecular biology of the cell, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 242 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
242citing papers in PubMed
7.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

242 citing papers in PubMed, 530 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Disulphide maintenance systems and proteostasis.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2026
    Review
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Stress-induced translocation of the endoplasmic reticulum chaperone GRP78/BiP and its impact on human disease and therapy.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
    Article
  7. Molecular Determinants of TMC Protein Biogenesis and Trafficking.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Article
  8. Review
  9. Proteostasis and Its Role in Disease Development.Cell biochemistry and biophysics · 2025
    Review
  10. Review
  11. Article
  12. Decoding PDI diversity: Insights into structure, domains, and functionality in sorghum.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2025
    Article
  13. Frontiers in genetics · 2025
    Article
  14. Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Inclusions Sequester GRP78 in a Bile Acid-Inducible Manner.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2025
    Article
  15. Article
  16. Review
  17. Molecular mechanisms controlling the biogenesis of the TGF-β signal Vg1.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
    Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Article

182 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Laurent MeunierDepartment of Tumor Cell Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA.
Young-Kwang Usherwood
Kyung Tae Chung
Linda M Hendershot
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · US

Funding

Viral Vector Technology (VVTSR)P30CA021765 · NCI · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI CHARLES ROBERTS · 1985 to 2026
$166.9M
Role of Molecular Chaperones in Ig Biosynthesis 11-2008R01GM054068 · NIGMS · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI HENDERSHOT, LINDA M · 1996 to 2018
$5.7M
NCI NIH HHS CA-21765NCI NIH HHS P30 CA021765NIGMS NIH HHS GM-54068NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM054068
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We demonstrate the existence of a large endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-localized multiprotein complex that is comprised of the molecular chaperones BiP; GRP94; CaBP1; protein disulfide isomerase (PDI); ERdj3, a recently identified ER Hsp40 cochaperone; cyclophilin B; ERp72; GRP170; UDP-glucosyltransferase; and SDF2-L1. This complex is associated with unassembled, incompletely folded immunoglobulin heavy chains. Except for ERdj3, and to a lesser extent PDI, this complex also forms in the absence of nascent protein synthesis and is found in a variety of cell types. Cross-linking studies reveal that the majority of these chaperones are included in the complex. Our data suggest that this subset of ER chaperones forms an ER network that can bind to unfolded protein substrates instead of existing as free pools that assembled onto substrate proteins. It is noticeable that most of the components of the calnexin/calreticulin system, which include some of the most abundant chaperones inside the ER, are either not detected in this complex or only very poorly represented. This study demonstrates an organization of ER chaperones and folding enzymes that has not been previously appreciated and suggests a spatial separation of the two chaperone systems that may account for the temporal interactions observed in other studies.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsBlotting, WesternCalnexinCalreticulinCell NucleusCross-Linking ReagentsElectrophoresis, Gel, Two-DimensionalEndoplasmic ReticulumGlycerolHumansMass SpectrometryMiceMolecular Sequence DataProtein BindingProtein FoldingCalnexinCalreticulinCross-Linking ReagentsGlycerol

Identifiers

PMID12475965
PMCPMC138646
OpenAlexW2123174753

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.