Nature Communications (Jul 2019)

Dopey1-Mon2 complex binds to dual-lipids and recruits kinesin-1 for membrane trafficking

  • Divyanshu Mahajan,
  • Hieng Chiong Tie,
  • Bing Chen,
  • Lei Lu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11056-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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Proteins are transported among eukaryotic organelles along the cytoskeleton in membrane carriers. Here authors find that the Dopey1-Mon2 complex functions as a dual-lipid-regulated cargo-adaptor to recruit kinesin-1 to secretory and endocytic organelles or membrane carriers.