Live stripping of clathrin-coated vesicles

Dev Cell. 2001 Nov;1(5):592-4. doi: 10.1016/s1534-5807(01)00079-x.

Abstract

Vesicle budding requires recruitment of a coat, which must then be removed to allow fusion with the target compartment. In vitro assays have implicated Hsc70 and auxilin family members as key players in clathrin-coated vesicle uncoating. New in vivo studies now show that this is indeed the case and reveal additional functions of the Hsc70/auxilin complex.

MeSH terms

  • Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport
  • Animals
  • Biological Transport, Active
  • Carrier Proteins / metabolism*
  • Cell Membrane / chemistry
  • Cell Membrane / metabolism
  • Clathrin / genetics
  • Clathrin / metabolism
  • Clathrin-Coated Vesicles / metabolism*
  • Endocytosis
  • HSC70 Heat-Shock Proteins
  • HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / metabolism*
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism*

Substances

  • Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport
  • Carrier Proteins
  • Clathrin
  • HSC70 Heat-Shock Proteins
  • HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins
  • Membrane Proteins

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