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SUBMITTER: Gordon DE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2726663 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gordon David E DE Mirza Myriam M Sahlender Daniela A DA Jakovleska Jovana J Peden Andrew A AA
EMBO reports 20090626 8
The sorting of post-Golgi R-SNAREs (vesicle-associated membrane protein (VAMP)1, 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8) is still poorly understood. To address this, we developed a system to investigate their localization, trafficking and cell-surface levels. Here, we show that the distribution and internalization of VAMPs 3 and 8 are determined solely through a new conserved mechanism that uses coiled-coil interactions, and that VAMP4 does not require these interactions for its trafficking. We propose that VAMPs 3 a ...[more]