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Chemical chaperones reduce endoplasmic reticulum stress and prevent mutant HFE aggregate formation.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 21 Sept 2007
de Almeida Sérgio F, Picarote Gonçalo, Fleming John V, Carmo-Fonseca Maria, Azevedo Jorge E, de Sousa Maria
Abstract excerpt
HFE C282Y, the mutant protein associated with hereditary hemochromatosis (HH), fails to acquire the correct conformation in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and is targeted for degradation. We have recently shown that an active unfolded protein response (UPR) is present in the cells of patients with HH. Now, by using HEK 293T cells, we demonstrate that the stability of HFE C282Y is influenced by the UPR signaling...
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