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The Journal of Cell Biology, Vol 133, 29-41, Copyright © 1996 by The Rockefeller University Press
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F Aniento, F Gu, RG Parton and J Gruenberg
Department of Biochemistry, Sciences II, Geneva, Switzerland.
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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