Review abstract
Nature Cell Biology 6, 487 - 492 (2004)
doi:10.1038/ncb0604-487
PI-loting membrane traffic
Maria Antonietta De Matteis1 & Anna Godi1
Abstract
Phosphoinositides (PIs) undergo phosphorylation/dephosphorylation cycles through organelle-specific PI kinases and PI phosphatases that lead to distinct subcellular distributions of the individual PI species. Specific PIs control the correct timing and location of many trafficking events. Their ultimate mode of action is not always well defined, but it includes localized recruitment of transport machinery, allosteric regulation of PI-binding proteins and changes in the physical properties of the membrane.
- Department of Cell Biology and Oncology, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, via Nazionale, 66030 Santa Maria Imbaro (Chieti), Italy.
Correspondence to: Maria Antonietta De Matteis1 e-mail: dematteis@negrisud.it
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