| 2006 |
Erlin-2 (C8orf2) localizes to the ER membrane and is enriched in detergent-insoluble, buoyant (lipid-raft-like) fractions in a cholesterol-dependent manner. The extreme N-terminus is sufficient for ER targeting in the absence of classical ER retrieval motifs. |
Sucrose gradient fractionation, cholesterol depletion, GFP-fusion subcellular targeting assay, monoclonal antibody generation |
Journal of cell science |
High |
16835267
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| 2007 |
SPFH2 (ERLIN2) rapidly associates with activated IP3Rs prior to their polyubiquitination and p97 recruitment, and RNAi-mediated suppression of SPFH2 markedly inhibits IP3R polyubiquitination and degradation as well as the processing of other ERAD substrates, identifying ERLIN2 as a key ERAD substrate recognition factor. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, RNA interference (siRNA knockdown), pulse-chase degradation assay |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
17502376
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| 2009 |
SPFH1 (erlin-1) and SPFH2 (erlin-2) form a heteromeric ~2 MDa ring-shaped complex (diameter ~250 Å) that binds to IP3R tetramers immediately after their activation and is required for their polyubiquitination and degradation; RNAi depletion of either subunit blocks IP3R ERAD. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, sucrose gradient sedimentation, electron microscopy of native complex, RNA interference |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
19240031
|
| 2009 |
SPFH1/SPFH2 (erlin-1/erlin-2) hetero-oligomeric complex associates with IP3Rs after their activation but before polyubiquitination and p97 association, selectively mediating IP3R ERAD but not HMG-CoA reductase sterol-induced ERAD; suppression of both subunits inhibits IP3R polyubiquitination and degradation without affecting IP3R-mediated calcium mobilization. |
Stable m3 muscarinic receptor-expressing HeLa cells, co-immunoprecipitation, RNA interference, calcium mobilization assay, IκBα processing assay as negative control |
Biochimica et biophysica acta |
High |
19751772
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| 2012 |
Erlin-2 physically associates with active γ-secretase in detergent-resistant ER membranes (DRMs) of brain, and siRNA knockdown of erlin-2 reduces Aβ production with limited effect on Notch processing, identifying erlin-2 as a γ-secretase-associated protein (GSAP) that affects APP substrate selectivity. |
γ-secretase inhibitor affinity purification, tandem mass spectrometry, proximity ligation assay, co-immunoprecipitation, siRNA knockdown with Aβ and Notch processing readouts |
Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
Medium |
22771797
|
| 2012 |
ERLIN2 overexpression promotes breast cancer cell survival and adaptation to ER stress; IRE1α/XBP1 axis modulates ERLIN2 protein levels; gain- and loss-of-function show ERLIN2 facilitates cytoprotective response to ER stress. |
Stable overexpression (pLenti6/V5-ERLIN2), RNAi knockdown, ER stress induction assays, IRE1α inhibition |
BMC cancer |
Medium |
22681620
|
| 2012 |
ERLIN2 binds to INSIG1 at the ER membrane and promotes SREBP1c activation, leading to increased cytosolic lipid droplet accumulation; ERLIN2 expression is induced by insulin signaling or lipoprotein-deficient medium. |
Co-immunoprecipitation (ERLIN2–INSIG1 binding), siRNA knockdown, lipid droplet quantification, SREBP1c activation assays |
The Biochemical journal |
Medium |
22690709
|
| 2015 |
ERLIN2 acts as an ER-microtubule-binding protein that interacts with α-tubulin and simultaneously binds the Cyclin B1/Cdk1 mitosis-promoting complex during G2/M phase; ERLIN2 facilitates K63-linked ubiquitination and stabilization of Cyclin B1, and its downregulation causes cell cycle arrest. |
Co-immunoprecipitation (ERLIN2–α-tubulin and ERLIN2–Cyclin B1/Cdk1), ubiquitination assay (K63-linkage specific), cell cycle analysis (FACS), siRNA knockdown |
Cell discovery |
Medium |
27462423
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| 2018 |
Erlin2 is the dominant mediator of IP3R binding within the erlin1/2 complex; the disease-linked T65I mutation (spastic paraplegia) dramatically inhibits erlin2–IP3R interaction and IP3R ubiquitination/degradation. The erlin1/2 complex specifically binds phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate (PI(3)P), erlin2 binds PI(3)P much more strongly than erlin1, and the T65I mutation inhibits this PI(3)P binding; multiple determinants within the erlin2 polypeptide comprise the PI(3)P-binding site. |
Gene editing (CRISPR ablation of erlin1 or erlin2), PI(3)P lipid-binding assay, co-immunoprecipitation (erlin2–IP3R), ubiquitination assay, T65I mutant functional analysis |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
30135210
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| 2021 |
ERLIN2 links EVI/WLS (WNT secretory factor) to the ubiquitylation machinery within the ERAD pathway; EVI/WLS undergoes K11-, K48- and K63-linked ubiquitylation mediated by UBE2J2, UBE2K, and UBE2N, and this ubiquitylation is independent of E3 ligases HRD1 and GP78. |
Immunoblot-based RNAi screen, co-immunoprecipitation (ERLIN2–EVI/WLS), ubiquitin linkage-specific antibodies, E2/E3 knockdown |
Journal of cell science |
Medium |
34406391
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| 2023 |
The ERLIN2 heterozygous missense variant p.Val71Ala recruits the ubiquitin E3 ligase RNF213 to IP3R1, leading to IP3R1 degradation, reduced intracellular free calcium, ER stress-mediated apoptosis, and inhibition of the MAPK signaling pathway reducing cell proliferation. |
Patient-derived iPSC models, IP-mass spectrometry (identifying RNF213 interaction), IP3R1 degradation assay, calcium imaging, MAPK pathway analysis |
Human mutation |
Medium |
40225166
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| 2023 |
ERLIN2 heterozygous variant (V71A) causes altered ER morphology and increased XBP-1S mRNA (ER stress activation), and promotes axon growth when overexpressed in primary cortical neurons. |
HeLa cell immunofluorescence, RT-PCR (XBP-1 splicing), mouse primary cortical neuron overexpression with axon morphology quantification |
Annals of clinical and translational neurology |
Medium |
37752894
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| 2024 |
The erlin1/2 complex directly and selectively binds PI(3)P; disruption or deletion of the complex reduces cellular PI(3)P levels by ~50%, which correlates with decreased autophagic flux but no effect on the endocytic pathway; the reduction is not due to decreased VPS34 kinase activity, indicating erlin1/2 stabilizes PI(3)P pools to sustain autophagy. |
In vitro PI(3)P binding assay with recombinant erlins, PI(3)P quantification in cells with erlin KO/disruption, autophagic flux assay, VPS34 kinase activity measurement, pharmacological VPS34 inhibition |
Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
High |
39018973
|
| 2025 |
ERLIN2 assists in cholesterol trafficking from the ER to the outer mitochondrial membrane via MAM by facilitating intermediate folding of the cholesterol transporter StAR; ERLIN2–StAR interactions are transient and increase progressively from ER to MAM; absence of ERLIN2 ablates mitochondrial cholesterol transport. |
Co-immunoprecipitation (ERLIN2–StAR at ER and MAM), ERLIN2 knockout/knockdown, mitochondrial cholesterol transport assay, StAR folding assay |
Molecular and cellular biology |
Medium |
41251286
|
| 2025 |
Cryo-EM structures of the human erlin1/2 complex reveal a 26-mer (13 heterodimers of erlin1 and erlin2) ring-shaped assembly; the complex defines a nanodomain on the ER membrane that can cage cargo proteins (physically secluding them from binding partners) and interact with other cages to organize functional membrane microdomains of varying sizes. |
Single-particle cryo-EM structure determination under multiple detergent conditions, structural analysis of subunit interactions and conformational heterogeneity |
bioRxiv (preprint)preprint |
High |
bio_10.1101_2025.04.21.649849
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| 2025 |
A second independent cryo-EM study confirms the erlin1/2 complex forms a 26-mer cage-like structure of alternating erlin1 and erlin2 subunits; the cage recruits proteins to both interior and exterior membrane regions, physically sequesters cargo, and individual cages further oligomerize to organize larger functional membrane microdomains on the ER. |
Single-particle cryo-EM under different detergent conditions, functional analysis of cargo sequestration and cage-cage interaction |
bioRxiv (preprint)preprint |
High |
bio_10.1101_2025.06.14.659634
|
| 2026 |
ERLIN2 regulates IP3R-mediated Ca2+ release and activates the CaMKII-MAPK-CREB signaling pathway, positively regulating CRY1/2 transcription and maintaining circadian rhythmicity in skeletal muscle cells; ERLIN2 knockdown or overexpression alters circadian amplitude, and ATP-induced IP3R-dependent Ca2+ transients that reshape circadian phase are blocked by IP3R, Ca2+, or CaMKII inhibition. |
C2C12 skeletal muscle cell knockdown and overexpression, circadian reporter assays, Ca2+ imaging, pharmacological inhibition of IP3R/CaMKII/MAPK, CREB phosphorylation assay, CRY1/2 transcription measurement |
FEBS letters |
Medium |
41572931
|
| 2026 |
ERLIN2 undergoes N-glycosylation at asparagine 106 (N106); the E3 ubiquitin ligase MARCHF6 mediates ubiquitination and degradation of ERLIN2, with this effect enhanced when N106 glycosylation is inhibited (N106Q mutant); N-glycosylation at N106 enhances ERLIN2 interaction with Cyclin B1 (CCNB1) and promotes CCNB1 stabilization. |
Site-directed mutagenesis (N106Q), co-immunoprecipitation (ERLIN2–CCNB1), MARCHF6 knockdown/overexpression with ERLIN2 ubiquitination assay, N-glycosylation inhibition |
Molecular and cellular biochemistry |
Medium |
42166002
|
| 2025 |
CLPTM1L interacts with ERLIN2 to cooperatively stabilize SREBP1 protein levels by inhibiting its ubiquitination; knockdown of ERLIN2 reduces SREBP1 levels and suppresses NPC cell proliferation and migration. |
Co-immunoprecipitation (CLPTM1L–ERLIN2), RNAi knockdown of ERLIN2 with SREBP1 ubiquitination and stability assays, cell proliferation/migration assays |
Cell death & disease |
Medium |
40550808
|
| 2023 |
KCNN1 interacts with ERLIN2 and enhances ERLIN2-mediated Cyclin B1 stabilization and K63-linked ubiquitination; ERLIN2 knockdown partially reverses the KCNN1 overexpression-induced increase in Cyclin B1 stability, placing ERLIN2 downstream of KCNN1 in a KCNN1/ERLIN2/Cyclin B1 axis. |
Co-immunoprecipitation (KCNN1–ERLIN2), K63-ubiquitin-specific assay for Cyclin B1, epistasis by double knockdown/overexpression |
Carcinogenesis |
Medium |
37831636
|