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ArticleThe EMBO journal2012

The KDEL receptor couples to Gαq/11 to activate Src kinases and regulate transport through the Golgi.

Monica Giannotta, Carmen Ruggiero, Mauro Grossi, Jorge Cancino, Mirco Capitani, Teodoro Pulvirenti, Grazia Maria Letizia Consoli, Corrada Geraci, Francesca Fanelli, Alberto Luini and 1 more

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Article in The EMBO journal, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 71 papers.

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71citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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71 citing papers in PubMed, 137 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Monica GiannottaUnit of Genomic Approaches to Membrane Traffic, Department of Cellular and Translational Pharmacology, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Santa Maria Imbaro (CH), Italy.
Carmen Ruggiero
Mauro Grossi
Jorge Cancino
Mirco Capitani
Teodoro Pulvirenti
Grazia Maria Letizia Consoli
Corrada Geraci
Francesca Fanelli
Alberto Luini
Michele Sallese
Mario Negri Sud Foundation · ITInstitute of Protein Biochemistry · ITNational Research Council · ITDulbecco Telethon Institute · IT

Funding

Telethon TCR05003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Membrane trafficking involves large fluxes of cargo and membrane across separate compartments. These fluxes must be regulated by control systems to maintain homoeostasis. While control systems for other key functions such as protein folding or the cell cycle are well known, the mechanisms that control secretory transport are poorly understood. We have previously described a signalling circuit operating at the Golgi complex that regulates intra-Golgi trafficking and is initiated by the KDEL receptor (KDEL-R), a protein previously known to mediate protein recycling from the Golgi to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Here, we investigated the KDEL-R signalling mechanism. We show that the KDEL-R is predicted to fold like a G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR), and that it binds and activates the heterotrimeric signalling G-protein Gα(q/11) which, in turn, regulates transport through the Golgi complex. These findings reveal an unexpected GPCR-like mode of action of the KDEL-R and shed light on a core molecular control mechanism of intra-Golgi traffic.

Indexed as

Computer SimulationEndoplasmic ReticulumGolgi ApparatusGTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gq-G11HeLa CellsHumansProtein TransportReceptors, PeptideSignal Transductionsrc-Family KinasesGTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gq-G11KDEL receptorReceptors, Peptidesrc-Family Kinases

Identifiers

PMID22580821
PMCPMC3395092
OpenAlexW1897848314

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