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SUBMITTER: Mercker M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4336374 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mercker Moritz M Marciniak-Czochra Anna A
Biophysical journal 20150201 4
Membrane budding is essential for processes such as protein sorting and transport. Recent experimental results with ESCRT proteins reveal a novel budding mechanism, with proteins emerging in bud necks but separated from the entire bud surface. Using an elastic model, we show that ESCRT protein shapes are sufficient to spontaneously create experimentally observed structures, with protein-membrane interactions leading to protein scaffolds in bud-neck regions. Furthermore, the model reproduces expe ...[more]