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Protein targeting or protein sorting is the biological mechanism by which proteins are transported to their appropriate destinations within or outside the cell. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ note 1 ] Proteins can be targeted to the inner space of an organelle , different intracellular membranes , the plasma membrane , or to the exterior of the cell via secretion .
The Golgi apparatus (/ ˈ ɡ ɒ l dʒ i /), also known as the Golgi complex, Golgi body, or simply the Golgi, is an organelle found in most eukaryotic cells. [1] Part of the endomembrane system in the cytoplasm , it packages proteins into membrane-bound vesicles inside the cell before the vesicles are sent to their destination.
The SNX8 is a sorting nexin protein involved in intracellular molecular traffic from the early endosomes to the trans-golgi network. It is suggested that it acts as an adaptor protein in events related to immune response and cholesterol regulation, for example.
VPS35 binds with other proteins to form the retromer, an evolutionarily conserved complex that plays a major role in transmembrane protein recycling from endosomes to the trans-Golgi network . [1] [6] [7] [8] VPS35 itself folds into a secondary structure that represents an α-helical solenoid, containing 34 α-helix repeats. [16]
As a sorting receptor on the cell surface and on the endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi apparatus within the cell, sortilin is involved in the transport of a wide variety of intracellular proteins between the trans-Golgi network, endosome, lysosome, and secretory granules, as well as the plasma membrane. [8]
The trans-Golgi network is responsible for adding sialic acid (NANA) and sorting proteins into vesicles destined for lysosomes or secretion. [7] These specialized modifications and sorting are crucial for protein functionality and their subsequent cellular destinations.
Retention of resident soluble proteins in the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is achieved in both yeast and animal cells by their continual retrieval from the cis-Golgi or a pre-Golgi compartment. Sorting of these proteins is dependent on a C-terminal tetrapeptide signal, usually lys-asp-glu-leu in animal cells and his-asp-glu-leu in S ...
ADP-ribosylation factor-binding protein GGA3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GGA3 gene. [5] [6] This gene encodes a member of the Golgi-localized, gamma adaptin ear-containing, ARF-binding (GGA) family. This family includes ubiquitous coat proteins that regulate the trafficking of proteins between the trans-Golgi network and the ...