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SUBMITTER: Michelsen K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2064757 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Michelsen Kai K Schmid Volker V Metz Jutta J Heusser Katja K Liebel Urban U Schwede Torsten T Spang Anne A Schwappach Blanche B
The Journal of cell biology 20071001 2
Arginine (R)-based ER localization signals are sorting motifs that confer transient ER localization to unassembled subunits of multimeric membrane proteins. The COPI vesicle coat binds R-based signals but the molecular details remain unknown. Here, we use reporter membrane proteins based on the proteolipid Pmp2 fused to GFP and allele swapping of COPI subunits to map the recognition site for R-based signals. We show that two highly conserved stretches--in the beta- and delta-COPI subunits--are r ...[more]