Mechanisms of COPII vesicle formation and protein sorting.
The evolutionarily conserved coat protein complex II (COPII) generates transport vesicles that mediate protein transport from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). COPII coat is responsible for direct capture of cargo proteins and for the physical deformation of the ER membrane that drives the COPII vesicle formation. In addition to coat proteins, recent data have indicated that the Ras-like small GTPase Sar1 plays multiple roles, such as COPII coat recruitment, cargo sorting, and completion of the final fission. In the present review, we summarize current knowledge of COPII-mediated vesicle formation from the ER, as well as highlighting non-canonical roles of COPII components.
Sato
Ken
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Molecular Membrane Biology Laboratory, RIKEN Discovery Research Institute, Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan. kensato@riken.jp
Nakano
Akihiko
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D001692:Biological Transport / Q000502:physiology; D022181:COP-Coated Vesicles / Q000378:metabolism*; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism*; D005089:Exocytosis / Q000502:physiology; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D020559:Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000502:physiology*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins
D008565:Membrane Proteins; C118289:SEC24 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins; D020559:Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins; C077395:SAR1 protein, S cerevisiae