Vesicle mediated protein sorting plays an important role in segregation of intracellular molecules into distinct organelles. Genetic studies in yeast have identified more than 40 vacuolar protein sorting (VPS) genes involved in vesicle transport to vacuoles. This gene encodes the human homolog of yeast class C Vps18 protein. The mammalian class C Vps proteins are predominantly associated with late endosomes/lysosomes, and like their yeast counterparts, may mediate vesicle trafficking steps in the endosome/lysosome pathway.[3]
↑Huizing M, Didier A, Walenta J, Anikster Y, Gahl WA, Krämer H (March 2001). "Molecular cloning and characterization of human VPS18, VPS 11, VPS16, and VPS33". Gene. 264 (2): 241–7. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(01)00333-X. PMID11250079.
↑Yogosawa S, Hatakeyama S, Nakayama KI, Miyoshi H, Kohsaka S, Akazawa C (Dec 2005). "Ubiquitylation and degradation of serum-inducible kinase by hVPS18, a RING-H2 type ubiquitin ligase". J Biol Chem. 280 (50): 41619–27. doi:10.1074/jbc.M508397200. PMID16203730.
↑ 4.04.1Kim BY, Krämer H, Yamamoto A, Kominami E, Kohsaka S, Akazawa C (August 2001). "Molecular characterization of mammalian homologues of class C Vps proteins that interact with syntaxin-7". J. Biol. Chem. 276 (31): 29393–402. doi:10.1074/jbc.M101778200. PMID11382755.
Further reading
Nagase T, Kikuno R, Ishikawa K, Hirosawa M, Ohara O (2000). "Prediction of the coding sequences of unidentified human genes. XVII. The complete sequences of 100 new cDNA clones from brain which code for large proteins in vitro". DNA Res. 7 (2): 143–50. doi:10.1093/dnares/7.2.143. PMID10819331.
Kim BY, Krämer H, Yamamoto A, Kominami E, Kohsaka S, Akazawa C (2001). "Molecular characterization of mammalian homologues of class C Vps proteins that interact with syntaxin-7". J. Biol. Chem. 276 (31): 29393–402. doi:10.1074/jbc.M101778200. PMID11382755.
Kim BY, Ueda M, Kominami E, Akagawa K, Kohsaka S, Akazawa C (2004). "Identification of mouse Vps16 and biochemical characterization of mammalian class C Vps complex". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 311 (3): 577–82. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.10.030. PMID14623309.
Rual JF, Venkatesan K, Hao T, Hirozane-Kishikawa T, Dricot A, Li N, Berriz GF, Gibbons FD, Dreze M, Ayivi-Guedehoussou N, Klitgord N, Simon C, Boxem M, Milstein S, Rosenberg J, Goldberg DS, Zhang LV, Wong SL, Franklin G, Li S, Albala JS, Lim J, Fraughton C, Llamosas E, Cevik S, Bex C, Lamesch P, Sikorski RS, Vandenhaute J, Zoghbi HY, Smolyar A, Bosak S, Sequerra R, Doucette-Stamm L, Cusick ME, Hill DE, Roth FP, Vidal M (2005). "Towards a proteome-scale map of the human protein-protein interaction network". Nature. 437 (7062): 1173–8. doi:10.1038/nature04209. PMID16189514.
Yogosawa S, Kawasaki M, Wakatsuki S, Kominami E, Shiba Y, Nakayama K, Kohsaka S, Akazawa C (2006). "Monoubiquitylation of GGA3 by hVPS18 regulates its ubiquitin-binding ability". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 350 (1): 82–90. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.09.013. PMID16996030.
Olsen JV, Blagoev B, Gnad F, Macek B, Kumar C, Mortensen P, Mann M (2006). "Global, in vivo, and site-specific phosphorylation dynamics in signaling networks". Cell. 127 (3): 635–48. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.09.026. PMID17081983.
