Nature Communications (Sep 2016)

Enrichment of hydroxylated C24- and C26-acyl-chain sphingolipids mediates PIN2 apical sorting at trans-Golgi network subdomains

  • Valérie Wattelet-Boyer,
  • Lysiane Brocard,
  • Kristoffer Jonsson,
  • Nicolas Esnay,
  • Jérôme Joubès,
  • Frédéric Domergue,
  • Sébastien Mongrand,
  • Natasha Raikhel,
  • Rishikesh P. Bhalerao,
  • Patrick Moreau,
  • Yohann Boutté

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12788
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Sphingolipids in the trans-Golgi network have been implicated in polar trafficking. Here Wattelet-Boyer et al. show that hydroxylated C24- and C26-acyl-chain sphingolipids are enriched in trans-Golgi network subdomains that are critical for polar sorting of the PIN2 auxin carrier in plant cells.