Membrane transport: tethers and TRAPPs.
Transport vesicles are tethered to their target membrane prior to the interaction of v-SNAREs and t-SNAREs across the membrane junction. Recent evidence suggests tethering is a complex process requiring multiple components.
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School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, M13 9PT, UK. lowe@man.ac.uk
D001692:Biological Transport; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006056:Golgi Apparatus / Q000502:physiology; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000502:physiology*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000502:physiology; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins
D002352:Carrier Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins; C406327:transport protein particle, TRAPP