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Organelle identity and the signposts for membrane traffic

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  • Rudy Behnia

    (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology)

  • Sean Munro

    (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology)

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Eukaryotic cells have systems of internal organelles to synthesize lipids and membrane proteins, to release secreted proteins, to take up nutrients and to degrade membrane-bound and internalized molecules. Proteins and lipids move from organelle to organelle using transport vesicles. The accuracy of this traffic depends upon organelles being correctly recognized. In general, organelles are identified by the activated GTPases and specific lipid species that they display. These short-lived determinants provide organelles with an identity that is both unique and flexible. Recent studies have helped to establish how cells maintain and restrict these determinants and explain how this system is exploited by invading pathogens.

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  • Rudy Behnia & Sean Munro, 2005. "Organelle identity and the signposts for membrane traffic," Nature, Nature, vol. 438(7068), pages 597-604, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:438:y:2005:i:7068:d:10.1038_nature04397
    DOI: 10.1038/nature04397
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    1. Seiichi Koike & Reinhard Jahn, 2024. "Rab GTPases and phosphoinositides fine-tune SNAREs dependent targeting specificity of intracellular vesicle traffic," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-14, December.
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