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Table 1 List of VCP cofactors and their proposed functions

From: VCP regulates early tau seed amplification via specific cofactors

Cofactor

Function

AMFR/GP78

ERAD

ANKZF1

Cellular response to hydrogen peroxide, ERAD

ASPSCR1/ UBXD9

VCP hexamer disassembly

ATXN3

Deubiquitinase; ERAD

DERL1

ERAD

DERL2

ERAD

FAF1/UBXD12

Apoptosis, autophagy

FAF2/UBXD8

ERAD, lipid droplet turnover

NGLY1

Degradation of misfolded glycoproteins

NPLOC4/NPL4

ERAD

NSFL1C/p47

Membrane fusion

OTUB1

Cleaves branched polyubiquitin chains

PLAA

ERAD, autophagy

RPS27A

Fusion of ubiquitin and ribosomal protein S27a

SVIP

ERAD, autophagy

SYVN1

E3 ligase; ERAD

UBE4B

E3/E4 ligase; ERAD

UBXN1/SAKS1

ERAD

UBXN10/UBXD3

Tethering factor for VCP in cilium assembly 

UBXN11/UBXD5

Actin cytoskeleton reorganization

UBXN2A/UBXD4

Autophagosome formation, proteasome degradation

UBXN2B/p37

Membrane fusion

UBXN4/UBXD2

ERAD

UBXN6/UBXD1

ERAD, endosome to lysosome transport, macroautophagy

UBXN7/UBXD7

HIF1α turnover

UBXN8/UBXD6

ERAD

UFD1L

ERAD

VCPIP1

Deubiquitinase, membrane fusion

VIMP

ERAD

YOD1

Deubiquitinase, macroautophagy, ERAD