SLY1 and Syntaxin 18 specify a distinct pathway for Procollagen VII export from the endoplasmic reticulum

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TANGO1 binds and exports Procollagen VII from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Here we report a connection between the cytoplasmic domain of TANGO1 and SLY1, a protein that is required for membrane fusion. Knockdown of SLY1 by siRNA arrested Procollagen VII in the ER without affecting the recruitment of COPII components, general protein secretion, and retrograde transport of the KDEL containing protein BIP, and ERGIC53. SLY1 is known to interact with the ER specific SNARE proteins Syntaxin 17 and 18, however only Syntaxin 18 was required for Procollagen VII export. Neither SLY1 nor Syntaxin 18 was required for the export of the equally bulky Procollagen I from the ER. Altogether, these findings reveal the sorting of bulky collagen family members by TANGO1 at the ER and highlight the existence of different export pathways for secretory cargoes one of which is mediated by the specific SNARE complex containing SLY1 and Syntaxin 18.

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  1. Cristina Nogueira

    Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona, Spain
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  2. Patrik Erlmann

    Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona, Spain
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  3. Julien Villeneuve

    Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona, Spain
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  4. António JM Santos

    Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona, Spain
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  5. Emma Martínez-Alonso

    University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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  6. José Á Martínez-Menárguez

    University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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  7. Vivek Malhotra

    Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona, Spain
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    vivek.malhotra@crg.eu
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    Vivek Malhotra, Reviewing editor, eLife.

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  1. Cristina Nogueira
  2. Patrik Erlmann
  3. Julien Villeneuve
  4. António JM Santos
  5. Emma Martínez-Alonso
  6. José Á Martínez-Menárguez
  7. Vivek Malhotra
(2014)
SLY1 and Syntaxin 18 specify a distinct pathway for Procollagen VII export from the endoplasmic reticulum
eLife 3:e02784.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.02784

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