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SUBMITTER: Vicinanza M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3242071 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vicinanza Mariella M Di Campli Antonella A Polishchuk Elena E Santoro Michele M Di Tullio Giuseppe G Godi Anna A Levtchenko Elena E De Leo Maria Giovanna MG Polishchuk Roman R Sandoval Lisette L Marzolo Maria-Paz MP De Matteis Maria Antonietta MA
The EMBO journal 20111004 24
Mutations in the phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PtdIns4,5P(2)) 5-phosphatase OCRL cause Lowe syndrome, which is characterised by congenital cataracts, central hypotonia, and renal proximal tubular dysfunction. Previous studies have shown that OCRL interacts with components of the endosomal machinery; however, its role in endocytosis, and thus the pathogenic mechanisms of Lowe syndrome, have remained elusive. Here, we show that via its 5-phosphatase activity, OCRL controls early endosome ...[more]