Nature Communications (Jul 2019)

The late stage of COPI vesicle fission requires shorter forms of phosphatidic acid and diacylglycerol

  • Seung-Yeol Park,
  • Jia-Shu Yang,
  • Zhen Li,
  • Pan Deng,
  • Xiaohong Zhu,
  • David Young,
  • Maria Ericsson,
  • Ruben L. H. Andringa,
  • Adriaan J. Minnaard,
  • Chunmei Zhu,
  • Fei Sun,
  • D. Branch Moody,
  • Andrew J. Morris,
  • Jun Fan,
  • Victor W. Hsu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11324-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Phosphatidic acid and diacylglycerol are required for COPI vesicle fission. Here, the authors find that shorter forms of these lipids promote the late stage of COPI vesicle fission, further suggesting how lipid geometry contributes to membrane deformation in driving fission.