Multiple activities for Arf1 at the Golgi complex.
The Arf family of GTPases regulates membrane traffic and organelle structure. At the Golgi complex, Arf proteins facilitate membrane recruitment of many cytoplasmic coat proteins to allow sorting of membrane proteins for transport, stimulate the activity of enzymes that modulate the lipid composition of the Golgi, and assemble a cytoskeletal scaffold on the Golgi. Arf1 is the Arf family member most closely studied for its function at the Golgi complex. A number of regulators that activate and inactivate Arf1 on the Golgi have been described that localize to different regions of the organelle. This spatial distribution of Arf regulators may facilitate the recruitment of the coat proteins and other Arf effectors to different regions of the Golgi complex.
Laboratory of Cell Biology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 50, Room 2503, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. jdonalds@helix.nih.gov
Julie G
JG
Donaldson
Akira
A
Honda
Roberto
R
Weigert
D020823:ADP-Ribosylation Factor 1 / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D020690:GTPase-Activating Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006056:Golgi Apparatus / Q000201:enzymology*; D020662:Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D050356:Lipid Metabolism
D020690:GTPase-Activating Proteins; D020662:Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors; D020823:ADP-Ribosylation Factor 1