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The long and short of adaptor appendages

Two new structural studies reveal the nature of accessory protein binding to trans-Golgi network–specific adaptors of clathrin-coated vesicles.

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Figure 1: CCV-mediated membrane trafficking.
Figure 2: Adaptor proteins and their appendage domain structures.

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Knuehl, C., Brodsky, F. The long and short of adaptor appendages. Nat Struct Mol Biol 10, 580–582 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsb0803-580

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