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SUBMITTER: Hirst J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1087257 | biostudies-literature | 2005 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hirst Jennifer J Borner Georg H H GH Harbour Michael M Robinson Margaret S MS
Molecular biology of the cell 20050309 5
Aftiphilin is a protein that was recently identified in database searches for proteins with motifs that interact with AP-1 and clathrin, but its function is unknown. Here we demonstrate that aftiphilin has a second, atypical clathrin binding site, YQW, that colocalizes with AP-1 by immunofluorescence, and that is enriched in clathrin-coated vesicles (CCVs), confirming that it is a bona fide component of the CCV machinery. By gel filtration, aftiphilin coelutes with two other AP-1 binding partner ...[more]