Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

iRhom pseudoproteases regulate ER stress-induced cell death through IP3 receptors and BCL-2

  • Iqbal Dulloo,
  • Peace Atakpa-Adaji,
  • Yi-Chun Yeh,
  • Clémence Levet,
  • Sonia Muliyil,
  • Fangfang Lu,
  • Colin W. Taylor,
  • Matthew Freeman

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28930-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Cells that cannot cope with persistent endoplasmic reticulum stress will die. Here, the authors show that iRhom pseudoproteases regulate cell death by modulating the ability of BCL-2 to inhibit calcium flow through IP3R channels.