Hurley James H, Emr Scott D
Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0580, USA.
Annu Rev Biophys Biomol Struct. 2006;35:277-98. doi: 10.1146/annurev.biophys.35.040405.102126.
The ESCRT complexes and associated proteins comprise a major pathway for the lysosomal degradation of transmembrane proteins and are critical for receptor downregulation, budding of the HIV virus, and other normal and pathological cell processes. The ESCRT system is conserved from yeast to humans. The ESCRT complexes form a network that recruits monoubiquitinated proteins and drives their internalization into lumenal vesicles within a type of endosome known as a multivesicular body. The structures and interactions of many of the components have been determined over the past three years, revealing mechanisms for membrane and cargo recruitment and for complex assembly.
内体分选转运复合体(ESCRT)及其相关蛋白构成了跨膜蛋白溶酶体降解的主要途径,对受体下调、HIV病毒出芽及其他正常和病理细胞过程至关重要。ESCRT系统在从酵母到人类的生物中保守存在。ESCRT复合体形成一个网络,招募单泛素化蛋白并驱动它们内化到一种称为多囊泡体的内体中的腔内小泡中。在过去三年中,已确定了许多组分的结构和相互作用,揭示了膜和货物招募以及复合体组装的机制。