title: Retrograde transport from endosomes to the trans-Golgi network.
abstract: A subset of intracellular transmembrane proteins such as acid-hydrolase receptors, processing peptidases and SNAREs, as well as extracellular protein toxins such as Shiga toxin and ricin, undergoes 'retrograde' transport from endosomes to the trans-Golgi network. Here, we discuss recent studies that have begun to unravel the molecular machinery that is involved in this process. We also propose a central role for a 'tubular endosomal network' in sorting to recycling pathways that lead not only to the trans-Golgi network but also to different plasma-membrane domains and to specialized storage vesicles.
authors.affiliation: Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. juan@helix.nih.gov
authors.forename: Juan S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Bonifacino
authors.forename: Raul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rojas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D011992:Endosomes / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006056:Golgi Apparatus / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011487:Protein Conformation; D021381:Protein Transport; D021601:trans-Golgi Network / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins