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Review
. 1990 Dec;15(12):483-6.
doi: 10.1016/0968-0004(90)90303-s.

The retention signal for soluble proteins of the endoplasmic reticulum

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The retention signal for soluble proteins of the endoplasmic reticulum

H R Pelham. Trends Biochem Sci. 1990 Dec.

Abstract

The lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) contains a number of soluble proteins, many of which help the maturation of newly synthesized secretory proteins. Retention of these resident proteins in the ER is dependent on a carboxy-terminal signal, which in animal cells is usually Lys-Asp-Glu-Leu (KDEL). This signal is thought to be recognized by a membrane-bound receptor that continually retrieves the proteins from a later compartment of the secretory pathway and returns them to the ER.

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