Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

The PripA-TbcrA complex-centered Rab GAP cascade facilitates macropinosome maturation in Dictyostelium

  • Hui Tu,
  • Zhimeng Wang,
  • Ye Yuan,
  • Xilin Miao,
  • Dong Li,
  • Hu Guo,
  • Yihong Yang,
  • Huaqing Cai

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29503-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Macropinocytosis has emerged as an evolutionarily conserved mechanism for bulk uptake of extracellular fluid. Here they show how a Rab GAP cascade centered on the PripA-TbcrA complex facilitates Rab conversion and macropinosome maturation.