Nature Communications (Oct 2019)

Clathrin light chain A drives selective myosin VI recruitment to clathrin-coated pits under membrane tension

  • Matteo Biancospino,
  • Gwen R. Buel,
  • Carlos A. Niño,
  • Elena Maspero,
  • Rossella Scotto di Perrotolo,
  • Andrea Raimondi,
  • Lisa Redlingshöfer,
  • Janine Weber,
  • Frances M. Brodsky,
  • Kylie J. Walters,
  • Simona Polo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12855-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Clathrin light chains (CLCa and CLCb) are major constituents of clathrin-coated vesicles. Here authors find and structurally characterize the selective interaction between CLCa and the actin motor protein myosin VI which act together to generate the force that leads to invagination and fission at the apical surface.