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Collagen secretion explained

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Cells package proteins into vesicles for secretion to the extracellular milieu. A study has now identified an enzyme that modifies the packaging machinery to encapsulate unusually large proteins, such as collagen. See Article p.495

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Figure 1: Big vesicles for collagen secretion.

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