An endosomal beta COP is involved in the pH-dependent formation of transport vesicles destined for late endosomes - PubMed (original) (raw)

An endosomal beta COP is involved in the pH-dependent formation of transport vesicles destined for late endosomes

F Aniento et al. J Cell Biol. 1996 Apr.

Abstract

In this paper, we show that beta COP is present on endosomes and is required for the formation of vesicles which mediate transport from early to late endosomes. Both the association of beta COP to endosomal membranes as well as transport vesicle formation depend on the lumenal pH. We find that epsilon COP, but not gamma COP, is also associated to endosomes, and that this association is also lumenal pH dependent. Our data, thus, indicate that a subset of COPs is part of the mechanism regulating endosomal membrane transport, and that membrane association of these COPs is controlled by the acidic properties of early endosomes, presumably via a trans-membrane pH sensor.

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