Vesicle tethering: TRAPPing transport carriers

Curr Biol. 2007 Mar 20;17(6):R211-3. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.01.044.

Abstract

Transport vesicles must dock with the appropriate acceptor membrane to ensure faithful protein delivery. Recent work identifies some of the molecular mechanisms that contribute to the specificity of this reaction.

MeSH terms

  • COP-Coated Vesicles / metabolism*
  • Cell Membrane / metabolism*
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism
  • Membrane Proteins / physiology*
  • Models, Biological
  • Protein Transport / physiology
  • SNARE Proteins / metabolism
  • SNARE Proteins / physiology
  • Vesicular Transport Proteins / metabolism
  • Vesicular Transport Proteins / physiology*

Substances

  • Membrane Proteins
  • SNARE Proteins
  • Vesicular Transport Proteins
  • transport protein particle, TRAPP