Regulation of the regulator: Endopeptidase cleavage controls the expression of a micropeptide that regulates SERCA
Taylor A Phillips1, Seth L Robia1
1Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood 60153, IL, United States of America.
Abstract:
Micropeptides regulate cellular calcium handling by modulating the function of the calcium transporter SERCA. In a recent Nature Communications paper [4] authors Schiemann et al. describe regulation of an invertebrate SERCA-active micropeptide, sarcolamban, by an endopeptidase called neprilysin 4 (NEP4). NEP4 activity limits sarcolamban expression by cleavage of luminal residues near the micropeptide's c-terminus. This cleavage event liberates sarcolamban from the membrane, reduces its oligomerization, and prevents it from inhibiting SERCA. The study reveals a novel mechanism for "regulation of the regulator" that may be a general feature of micropeptide/SERCA physiology.
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