Differential localization of coatomer complex isoforms within the Golgi apparatus - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2007 Mar 13;104(11):4425-30.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.0611360104. Epub 2007 Mar 7.

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Differential localization of coatomer complex isoforms within the Golgi apparatus

Jörg Moelleken et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007.

Abstract

Coatomer, the coat protein of coat protein complex (COP)I-vesicles, is a soluble protein complex made up of seven subunits, alpha-, beta-, beta'-, gamma-, delta-, epsilon-, and zeta-COP. Higher eukaryotes have two paralogous versions of the gamma- and zeta- subunits, termed gamma1- and gamma2-COP and zeta1- and zeta2-COP. Different combinations of these subunits are known to exist within coatomer complexes, and gamma1/zeta1-, gamma1/zeta2-, and gamma2/zeta1-COP represent the major coatomer populations in mammals. The role of COPI vesicles in the early secretory pathway is the subject of considerable debate. To help to resolve this discussion, we used quantitative immunoelectron microscopy and found that significant localization differences for COPI-isoforms do exist, with a preference for gamma1zeta1- and gamma1zeta2-coatomer in the early Golgi apparatus and gamma2zeta1-coatomer in the late Golgi apparatus. These differences suggest distinct functions for coatomer isoforms in a manner similar to clathrin/adaptor vesicles, where different adaptor proteins serve particular transport routes.

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