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SUBMITTER: Kulakowski G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6032855 | biostudies-other | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Kulakowski Guillaume G Bousquet Hugo H Manneville Jean-Baptiste JB Bassereau Patricia P Goud Bruno B Oesterlin Lena K LK
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Specific intracellular localization of RAB GTPases has been reported to be dependent on protein factors, but the contribution of the membrane physicochemical properties to this process has been poorly described. Here, we show that three RAB proteins (RAB1/RAB5/RAB6) preferentially bind in vitro to disordered and curved membranes, and that this feature is uniquely dependent on their prenyl group. Our results imply that the addition of a prenyl group confers to RAB proteins, and most probably also ...[more]