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ReviewJournal of biochemistry2026

Zinc-mediated structural and functional regulation of ERp44 and ERGIC-53 in protein quality control.

Satoshi Watanabe, Kenji Inaba

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Review in Journal of biochemistry, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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2 authors.

Satoshi WatanabeMedical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Maidashi 3-1-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-1130-0477
Kenji InabaMedical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Maidashi 3-1-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-8229-0467

Funding

Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research AreasGrants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)the MEXT of Japan, a research funding from AMED-CRESTthe Naito foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Zinc ions (Zn2+) are essential trace metal ions in the human body. Intracellular Zn2+ levels are tightly regulated by two metal transporter families: ZIPs, which mediate Zn2+ influx into the cytosol, and ZnTs, which export Zn2+ from the cytosol to the extracellular space or sequester it into the cellular organelles. Within cells, Zn2+ plays multiple roles, acting as a catalytic cofactor for numerous enzymes, stabilizing protein structures, and functioning as a second messenger in signal transduction. In addition, Zn2+ is involved in the transient regulation of enzymatic activities. Here, we review recent findings that reveal novel roles of Zn2+ in the structural and functional regulations of the molecular chaperone ERp44 and the cargo receptor ERGIC-53, both of which operate for protein quality control in the early secretory pathway.

Indexed as

Membrane ProteinsMolecular ChaperonesZincAnimalsHumansERP44 protein, humanMembrane ProteinsMolecular ChaperonesZinccargo transportERGIC-53ERp44; MCFD2protein quality controlzinc

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PMID42083771
PMCPMC13384778

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