Ontology: Biological Process (GO:0030433)
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of proteins transported from the endoplasmic reticulum and targeted to cytoplasmic proteasomes for degradation. This process acts on misfolded proteins as well as in the regulated degradation of correctly folded proteins.
Synonyms: endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein catabolic process; endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein catabolism; ER-associated protein breakdown; ER-associated protein catabolism; ER-associated protein degradation; ERAD
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Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of proteins transported from the endoplasmic reticulum and targeted to cytoplasmic proteasomes for degradation. This process acts on misfolded proteins as well as in the regulated degradation of correctly folded proteins.
Synonyms: endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein catabolic process; endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein catabolism; ER-associated protein breakdown; ER-associated protein catabolism; ER-associated protein degradation; ERAD
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This table lists the methods used to annotate genes either directly to the term
ER-associated protein catabolic process (42 genes)
or to its variants containing one or more
qualifiers (0 genes). Note that some genes may have been annotated by more than one method so the numbers in the table below may not add up to the totals given here.
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| Annotation Method | GO Term | # Yeast Genes Annotated |
|---|---|---|
| Manually curated (download data) | ER-associated protein catabolic process | 42 |
| High-throughput | none | none |
| Computational | none | none |
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Annotation details for genes that have been directly annotated to the term
ER-associated protein catabolic process or its variants containing one or more
qualifiers (NOT, contributes to, or colocalizes with).
| ER-associated protein catabolic process 42 genes directly annotated to this term |
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| Locus | Evidence | Annotation Method | Reference | Assigned By |
| ADD37/YMR184W | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2006-05-11 |
manually curated | Palmer EA, et al. (2003) Differential requirements of novel A1PiZ degradation deficient (ADD) genes in ER-associated protein degradation. J Cell Sci 116(Pt 11):2361-73 | SGD |
| ATG19/YOL082W | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2008-05-30 |
manually curated | Mazon MJ, et al. (2007) Efficient degradation of misfolded mutant Pma1 by endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation requires Atg19 and the Cvt/autophagy pathway. Mol Microbiol 63(4):1069-1077 | SGD |
| BST1/YFL025C | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2002-09-25 |
manually curated | Vashist S, et al. (2001) Distinct retrieval and retention mechanisms are required for the quality control of endoplasmic reticulum protein folding. J Cell Biol 155(3):355-68 | SGD |
| CDC48/YDL126C | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2003-01-30 |
manually curated | Rabinovich E, et al. (2002) AAA-ATPase p97/Cdc48p, a cytosolic chaperone required for endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein degradation. Mol Cell Biol 22(2):626-34 | SGD |
| IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2012-06-22 |
manually curated | Bays NW, et al. (2001) HRD4/NPL4 is required for the proteasomal processing of ubiquitinated ER proteins. Mol Biol Cell 12(12):4114-28 | SGD | |
| CNE1/YAL058W | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2002-07-17 |
manually curated | Parlati F, et al. (1995) Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNE1 encodes an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane protein with sequence similarity to calnexin and calreticulin and functions as a constituent of the ER quality control apparatus. J Biol Chem 270(1):244-53 | SGD |
| CUE1/YMR264W | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2002-07-15 |
manually curated | Biederer T, et al. (1997) Role of Cue1p in ubiquitination and degradation at the ER surface. Science 278(5344):1806-9 | SGD |
| DER1/YBR201W | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2001-12-14 |
manually curated | Knop M, et al. (1996) Der1, a novel protein specifically required for endoplasmic reticulum degradation in yeast. EMBO J 15(4):753-63 | SGD |
| IPI: Inferred from Physical Interaction with SGD:HRD1, SGD:HRD3 Assigned on 2006-12-18 |
manually curated | Gauss R, et al. (2006) The Hrd1p ligase complex forms a linchpin between ER-lumenal substrate selection and Cdc48p recruitment. EMBO J 25(9):1827-35 | SGD | |
| DFM1/YDR411C | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2011-02-17 |
manually curated | Stolz A, et al. (2010) Dfm1 forms distinct complexes with Cdc48 and the ER ubiquitin ligases and is required for ERAD. Traffic 11(10):1363-9 | SGD |
| DSK2/YMR276W | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2005-03-10 |
manually curated | Medicherla B, et al. (2004) A genomic screen identifies Dsk2p and Rad23p as essential components of ER-associated degradation. EMBO Rep 5(7):692-7 | SGD |
| EPS1/YIL005W | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2007-11-08 |
manually curated | Wang Q and Chang A (2003) Substrate recognition in ER-associated degradation mediated by Eps1, a member of the protein disulfide isomerase family. EMBO J 22(15):3792-802 | SGD |
| HLJ1/YMR161W | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2004-11-02 |
manually curated | Huyer G, et al. (2004) Distinct machinery is required in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for the endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation of a multispanning membrane protein and a soluble luminal protein. J Biol Chem 279(37):38369-78 | SGD |
| IGI: Inferred from Genetic Interaction, IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2004-11-02 |
manually curated | Youker RT, et al. (2004) Distinct roles for the Hsp40 and Hsp90 molecular chaperones during cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator degradation in yeast. Mol Biol Cell 15(11):4787-97 | SGD | |
| HRD1/YOL013C | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype, IPI: Inferred from Physical Interaction Assigned on 2001-12-12 |
manually curated | Bays NW, et al. (2001) Hrd1p/Der3p is a membrane-anchored ubiquitin ligase required for ER-associated degradation. Nat Cell Biol 3(1):24-9 | SGD |
| HRD3/YLR207W | IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay Assigned on 2002-08-01 |
manually curated | Haynes CM, et al. (2002) An HRD/DER-independent ER quality control mechanism involves Rsp5p-dependent ubiquitination and ER-Golgi transport. J Cell Biol 158(1):91-101 | SGD |
| HUL5/YGL141W | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2008-05-12 |
manually curated | Crosas B, et al. (2006) Ubiquitin chains are remodeled at the proteasome by opposing ubiquitin ligase and deubiquitinating activities. Cell 127(7):1401-13 | SGD |
| JEM1/YJL073W | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2006-02-01 |
manually curated | Nishikawa SI, et al. (2001) Molecular chaperones in the yeast endoplasmic reticulum maintain the solubility of proteins for retrotranslocation and degradation. J Cell Biol 153(5):1061-70 | SGD |
| KAR2/YJL034W | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2006-02-01 |
manually curated | Nishikawa SI, et al. (2001) Molecular chaperones in the yeast endoplasmic reticulum maintain the solubility of proteins for retrotranslocation and degradation. J Cell Biol 153(5):1061-70 | SGD |
| LCL2/YLR104W | IGI: Inferred from Genetic Interaction Assigned on 2009-10-05 |
manually curated | Jonikas MC, et al. (2009) Comprehensive characterization of genes required for protein folding in the endoplasmic reticulum. Science 323(5922):1693-7 | SGD |
| MNL1/YHR204W | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2002-08-20 |
manually curated | Nakatsukasa K, et al. (2001) Mnl1p, an alpha -mannosidase-like protein in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is required for endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation of glycoproteins. J Biol Chem 276(12):8635-8 | SGD |
| IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2002-08-20 |
manually curated | Jakob CA, et al. (2001) Htm1p, a mannosidase-like protein, is involved in glycoprotein degradation in yeast. EMBO Rep 2(5):423-30 | SGD | |
| MNL2/YLR057W | IGI: Inferred from Genetic Interaction with SGD:MNL1 Assigned on 2011-10-17 |
manually curated | Benitez EM, et al. (2011) Mnl2, a novel component of the ER associated protein degradation pathway. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 414(3):528-32 | SGD |
| MNS1/YJR131W | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2005-07-28 |
manually curated | Knop M, et al. (1996) N-Glycosylation affects endoplasmic reticulum degradation of a mutated derivative of carboxypeptidase yscY in yeast. Yeast 12(12):1229-38 | SGD |
| NPL4/YBR170C | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2003-10-10 |
manually curated | Bays NW, et al. (2001) HRD4/NPL4 is required for the proteasomal processing of ubiquitinated ER proteins. Mol Biol Cell 12(12):4114-28 | SGD |
| PBN1/YCL052C | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2006-11-02 |
manually curated | Subramanian S, et al. (2006) Pbn1p: an essential endoplasmic reticulum membrane protein required for protein processing in the endoplasmic reticulum of budding yeast. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103(4):939-44 | SGD |
| POF1/YCL047C | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype, IPI: Inferred from Physical Interaction with SGD:UBC7 Assigned on 2012-02-07 |
manually curated | Costa IM, et al. (2011) The promoter of filamentation (POF1) protein from Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an ATPase involved in the protein quality control process. BMC Microbiol 11(1):268 | SGD |
| RAD23/YEL037C | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2005-03-10 |
manually curated | Medicherla B, et al. (2004) A genomic screen identifies Dsk2p and Rad23p as essential components of ER-associated degradation. EMBO Rep 5(7):692-7 | SGD |
| RPT4/YOR259C | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2010-09-13 |
manually curated | Lipson C, et al. (2008) A proteasomal ATPase contributes to dislocation of endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (ERAD) substrates. J Biol Chem 283(11):7166-75 | SGD |
| SCJ1/YMR214W | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2006-02-01 |
manually curated | Nishikawa SI, et al. (2001) Molecular chaperones in the yeast endoplasmic reticulum maintain the solubility of proteins for retrotranslocation and degradation. J Cell Biol 153(5):1061-70 | SGD |
| SEC13/YLR208W | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2012-06-11 |
manually curated | Fu L and Sztul E (2003) Traffic-independent function of the Sar1p/COPII machinery in proteasomal sorting of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator. J Cell Biol 160(2):157-63 | SGD |
| SEC61/YLR378C | IPI: Inferred from Physical Interaction with SGD:HRD3, SGD:CDC48 Assigned on 2011-03-09 |
manually curated | Schafer A and Wolf DH (2009) Sec61p is part of the endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation machinery. EMBO J 28(19):2874-84 | SGD |
| SHP1/YBL058W | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2011-05-19 |
manually curated | Tran JR, et al. (2011) A Cdc48p-associated factor modulates endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation, cell stress, and ubiquitinated protein homeostasis. J Biol Chem 286(7):5744-55 | SGD |
| SSM4/YIL030C | IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2005-07-14 |
manually curated | Swanson R, et al. (2001) A conserved ubiquitin ligase of the nuclear envelope/endoplasmic reticulum that functions in both ER-associated and Matalpha2 repressor degradation. Genes Dev 15(20):2660-74 | SGD |
| IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2005-07-14 |
manually curated | Huyer G, et al. (2004) Distinct machinery is required in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for the endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation of a multispanning membrane protein and a soluble luminal protein. J Biol Chem 279(37):38369-78 | SGD | |




