SPE-39 family proteins interact with the HOPS complex and function in lysosomal delivery

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1223-1240

  Zhu, Guang Dan ^a   Salazar, Gloria ^b   Zlatic, Stephanie A ^a,b   Fiza, Babar ^a,c   Doucette, Michele M ^b,d   Heilman, Craig J ^b   Levey, Allan I ^b   Faundez, Victor ^a,b   L'Hernault, Steven W ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN D; CELL PROTEIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; HOMOTYPIC FUSION AND VACUOLE PROTEIN SORTING COMPLEX; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SOMATOMEDIN B RECEPTOR; SPE 39 PROTEIN; SYNTAXIN; SYNTAXIN 13; SYNTAXIN 7; SYNTAXIN 8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; C14ORF133 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SPE 39 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; SPE-39 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEIN; VPS33A PROTEIN, HUMAN; VPS33B PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOSOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; LYSOSOME; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPERMATOGENESIS; ANIMAL; HELA CELL; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SPERMATOCYTE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; METAZOA;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOSOMES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LYSOSOMES; MALE; MICE; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECEPTOR, IGF TYPE 2; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 64149113031     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E08-07-0728     Document Type: Article

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