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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-10-27
pubmed:abstractText
Coat complexes facilitate the formation of transport vesicles which are essential for proper trafficking of protein and lipids through the secretory pathway. Since its initial identification in the mid-1980s, the COPI coat complex has been credited with mediating multiple distinct transport events and intracellular processes in the exocytic pathway. Not surprisingly, the diversity of these functions has led to significant debate concerning the primary function of COPI. Specifically, within the ER/Golgi and intra-Golgi systems, does COPI mediate anterograde protein transport, retrograde protein transport, or both? This review will focus on the in vivo roles of COPI, primarily examining data from studies of yeast COPI mutants but also including evidence from mammalian systems as appropriate. Some of the current controversies surrounding whether COPI acts directly or indirectly in anterograde and retrograde transport will also be addressed. Because recruitment of COPI to membranes requires the small GTP-binding protein ARF, we will also discuss ARF and proteins that regulate ARF function, and how these proteins might modulate both COPI-driven events and overall membrane composition. Finally, we will point out some of the links still missing from our understanding of COPI-driven events and discuss possible future directions for studies of COPI function.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0006-3002
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
14
pubmed:volume
1404
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
33-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
COPI in ER/Golgi and intra-Golgi transport: do yeast COPI mutants point the way?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, The Division of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0668, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't