Nature Communications (Apr 2020)

The Flemmingsome reveals an ESCRT-to-membrane coupling via ALIX/syntenin/syndecan-4 required for completion of cytokinesis

  • Cyril Addi,
  • Adrien Presle,
  • Stéphane Frémont,
  • Frédérique Cuvelier,
  • Murielle Rocancourt,
  • Florine Milin,
  • Sandrine Schmutz,
  • Julia Chamot-Rooke,
  • Thibaut Douché,
  • Magalie Duchateau,
  • Quentin Giai Gianetto,
  • Audrey Salles,
  • Hervé Ménager,
  • Mariette Matondo,
  • Pascale Zimmermann,
  • Neetu Gupta-Rossi,
  • Arnaud Echard

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15205-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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ESCRT filaments drive the final abscission between two daughter cells but how they physically interact with the membrane is unclear. Using proteomics, the authors show that syndecan-4/syntenin/ALIX couples the ESCRT machinery to the abscission site and thus promotes efficient abscission.