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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2022

A SURF4-to-proteoglycan relay mechanism that mediates the sorting and secretion of a tagged variant of sonic hedgehog.

Xiao Tang, Rong Chen, Vince St Dollente Mesias, Tingxuan Wang, Ying Wang, Kristina Poljak, Xinyu Fan, Hanchi Miao, Junjie Hu, Liang Zhang and 4 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Conventional and Unconventional Protein Secretion in Yeast and Animal Cells.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2024
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  13. TMED10 mediates the trafficking of insulin-like growth factor 2 along the secretory pathway for myoblast differentiation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Xiao TangDivision of Life Science and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4665-8046
Rong ChenDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.
Vince St Dollente MesiasDepartment of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China.
Tingxuan WangDivision of Life Science and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9985-3569
Ying WangDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, The City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8390-8521
Kristina PoljakCell Biology Division, Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge CB2 0QH, United Kingdom.
Xinyu FanDivision of Life Science and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.
Hanchi MiaoNational Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Chinese Academy of Sciences Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Junjie HuNational Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Chinese Academy of Sciences Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4712-2243
Liang ZhangDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, The City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Jinqing HuangDepartment of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6865-8528
Shuhuai YaoDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7059-4092
Elizabeth A MillerCell Biology Division, Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge CB2 0QH, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-1033-8369
Yusong GuoDivision of Life Science and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5539-599X
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology · HKChinese Academy of Sciences · CNCity University of Hong Kong · HKMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_UP_1201/10
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

SignificanceSonic Hedgehog (Shh) is a key signaling molecule that plays important roles in embryonic patterning, cell differentiation, and organ development. Although fundamentally important, the molecular mechanisms that regulate secretion of newly synthesized Shh are still unclear. Our study reveals a role for the cargo receptor, SURF4, in facilitating export of Shh from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) via a ER export signal. In addition, our study provides evidence suggesting that proteoglycans promote the dissociation of SURF4 from Shh at the Golgi, suggesting a SURF4-to-proteoglycan relay mechanism. These analyses provide insight into an important question in cell biology: how do cargo receptors capture their clients in one compartment, then disengage at their destination?

Indexed as

Hedgehog ProteinsMembrane ProteinsProteoglycansEndoplasmic ReticulumHumansProtein TransportHedgehog ProteinsMembrane ProteinsProteoglycansSHH protein, humanSURF4 protein, humancargo receptorcargo sortingCOPIIERSURF4

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PMID35271396
PMCPMC8931250
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