The removal of alpha 1,2 mannose residues from its N-glycans targets a misfolded glycoprotein to ERAD.
We found mannosidase IA implicated in this process in addition to ER mannosidase I and the EDEMs.
Surprisingly, mannosidase IA is not located in the Golgi but resides in QCVs.
This adds another level of apparent redundancy in this fateful step of glycoprotein quality control.