Nature Communications (Oct 2017)

ORP5 and ORP8 bind phosphatidylinositol-4, 5-biphosphate (PtdIns(4,5)P 2) and regulate its level at the plasma membrane

  • Rajesh Ghai,
  • Ximing Du,
  • Huan Wang,
  • Jiangqing Dong,
  • Charles Ferguson,
  • Andrew J. Brown,
  • Robert G. Parton,
  • Jia-Wei Wu,
  • Hongyuan Yang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00861-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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ORP5/8 are endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane proteins implicated in lipid trafficking that localize to ER-plasma membrane (PM) contacts and maintain membrane homeostasis. Here the authors show that PtdIns(4,5)P 2 plays a critical role in the targeting and function of ORP5/8 at the PM.