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SUBMITTER: Wang J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3474927 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Jing J Morita Yoshiko Y Mazelova Jana J Deretic Dusanka D
The EMBO journal 20120914 20
Dysfunctional trafficking to primary cilia is a frequent cause of human diseases known as ciliopathies, yet molecular mechanisms for specific targeting of sensory receptors to cilia are largely unknown. Here, we show that the targeting of ciliary cargo, represented by rhodopsin, is mediated by a specialized system, the principal component of which is the Arf GAP ASAP1. Ablation of ASAP1 abolishes ciliary targeting and causes formation of actin-rich periciliary membrane projections that accumulat ...[more]