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ArticleProtein science : a publication of the Protein Society2026

Trafficking of the human Na

Karolína Kacovská, Klára Papoušková, Gal Masrati, Paul Rosas-Santiago, Tereza Przeczková, Veronika Žárská, Nir Ben-Tal, Olga Zimmermannová

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Article in Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors.

Karolína KacovskáLaboratory of Membrane Transport, Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
Klára PapouškováLaboratory of Membrane Transport, Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
Gal MasratiSchool of Neurobiology, Biochemistry and Biophysics, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Paul Rosas-SantiagoInstituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad 2001, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
Tereza PrzeczkováLaboratory of Membrane Transport, Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
Veronika ŽárskáLaboratory of Membrane Transport, Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
Nir Ben-TalSchool of Neurobiology, Biochemistry and Biophysics, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Olga ZimmermannováLaboratory of Membrane Transport, Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2538-4488

Funding

Abraham E. Kazan Chair in Structural Biology at Tel Aviv UniversityEdmond J. Safra Center for Bioinformatics at Tel-Aviv UniversityGrantová Agentura České Republiky 21-08985SIsrael Cancer Association 20250138
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A key prerequisite of transporter proteins' function is their trafficking to the target cellular membranes where they fulfill distinct physiological roles. Cornichon proteins (CNIH/Erv14) represent a highly conserved family of coat protein complex II (COPII)-coated vesicle cargo receptors that facilitate the exit of numerous transporters from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to proceed via the secretory pathway. Despite their biomedical significance, the cargo specificities of the four human cornichons (CNIH1-4) remain largely unexplored. Here, we conducted a bioinformatics analysis of the CNIH/Erv14 family, revealing evolutionary conservation profiles of the family based on an alignment of 1879 sequences. AlphaFold3 modeling predicts that residues identified as the most evolutionarily conserved in cornichon family interact with Sec24 proteins of COPII vesicles. We also demonstrate the suitability of the model yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae for studying the properties and putative interactors of human cornichons. We engineered S. cerevisiae strains in which the endogenous cornichon gene (ERV14) was replaced with human CNIH1, CNIH2, or CNIH4 coding sequences or CNIH coding sequences were expressed from multi-copy plasmids. The studied human cornichons were functional in S. cerevisiae cells and, to varying extents, complemented the differing phenotypes related to yeast ScErv14 roles in monovalent-cation homeostasis. The presence of human CNIHs supported the functioning of the yeast plasma-membrane Na

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AntiportersCell MembraneCOP-Coated VesiclesMembrane ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsReceptors, AMPAReceptors, Cytoplasmic and NuclearSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsVesicular Transport ProteinsComputational BiologyEgg ProteinsHumansMembrane PotentialsProtein Conformation, alpha-HelicalSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSequence AlignmentAntiportersCNIH1 protein, humanCNIH2 protein, humanCNIH3 protein, humanCNIH4 protein, humanEgg ProteinsErv14 protein, S cerevisiaeMembrane ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsReceptors, AMPAReceptors, Cytoplasmic and NuclearSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSEC24A protein, humanSLC9B2 protein, humanSodiumVesicular Transport Proteinscation homeostasisCNIHCOPII cargo receptorcornichonErv14Na+/H+ antiporterNha1NHA2Sec24

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PMCPMC12895380

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