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| Title | FKBP8 connects the Hsp70-Hsp90 chaperone machinery to the folding of membrane proteins. |
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| Journal, issue, pages | Nat Commun, Vol. 17, Issue 1, Year 2026 |
| Publish date | Jun 19, 2026 |
Authors | Man-Xi Ge / Ming-Zhi Wu / Jia Ji / Zhao-Peng Li / Zhongjian Bai / Jieyan He / Josefa Chuh / Yixiao Zhang / Jing Li / Zai-Rong Zhang / ![]() |
| PubMed Abstract | The folding of membrane protein cytoplasmic domains on the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) surface, and their coordination with transmembrane and exoplasmic regions, remains poorly understood. Through a ...The folding of membrane protein cytoplasmic domains on the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) surface, and their coordination with transmembrane and exoplasmic regions, remains poorly understood. Through a genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 screen, we identified the ER-anchored FK506 binding protein 8 (FKBP8) as a chaperone essential for membrane protein folding and assembly. Using ABC transporters as model substrates, we show that FKBP8 cooperates with Hsp70-Hsp90 machinery to remodel nascent or misfolded cytosolic domains into their native conformations. Cryo-EM analysis reveals that FKBP8 employs a conserved hydrophobic ϕϕϕ/ϕϕ cluster to help form a large client-binding cavity within the FKBP8-Hsp90 complex that captures folding intermediates. FKBP8 deficiency, disruption of this cluster, or disease-associated mutations within FKBP8 abolish substrate maturation, leading to ER retention and degradation. Reconstitution with purified components demonstrates that FKBP8 and Hsp40-Hsp70-HOP-Hsp90 constitute a minimal machinery capable of restoring the native structure of a misfolded ABC transporter. These findings uncover a dedicated folding module at the ER-cytosol interface that bridges cytosolic chaperones with membrane protein quality control, suggesting a broad role for FKBP8 in safeguarding the biogenesis of complex membrane proteins. |
External links | Nat Commun / PubMed:42321214 / PubMed Central |
| Methods | EM (single particle) |
| Resolution | 4.09 Å |
| Structure data | EMDB-66931, PDB-9xj8: |
| Chemicals | ![]() ChemComp-ATP: |
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Keywords | CHAPERONE / Hsp90 / Fkbp8 / Molecular chaperone / Complex |
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