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ArticleThe Journal of cell biology2021

GOLPH3 and GOLPH3L are broad-spectrum COPI adaptors for sorting into intra-Golgi transport vesicles.

Lawrence G Welch, Sew-Yeu Peak-Chew, Farida Begum, Tim J Stevens, Sean Munro

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Article in The Journal of cell biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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42 citing papers in PubMed, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lawrence G WelchMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8815-7579
Sew-Yeu Peak-ChewMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.
Farida BegumMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7983-3317
Tim J StevensMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6475-2074
Sean MunroMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6160-5773
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_U105178783Medical Research Council MC_U105184326
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The fidelity of Golgi glycosylation is, in part, ensured by compartmentalization of enzymes within the stack. The COPI adaptor GOLPH3 has been shown to interact with the cytoplasmic tails of a subset of Golgi enzymes and direct their retention. However, other mechanisms of retention, and other roles for GOLPH3, have been proposed, and a comprehensive characterization of the clientele of GOLPH3 and its paralogue GOLPH3L is lacking. GOLPH3's role is of particular interest as it is frequently amplified in several solid tumor types. Here, we apply two orthogonal proteomic methods to identify GOLPH3+3L clients and find that they act in diverse glycosylation pathways or have other roles in the Golgi. Binding studies, bioinformatics, and a Golgi retention assay show that GOLPH3+3L bind the cytoplasmic tails of their clients through membrane-proximal positively charged residues. Furthermore, deletion of GOLPH3+3L causes multiple defects in glycosylation. Thus, GOLPH3+3L are major COPI adaptors that impinge on most, if not all, of the glycosylation pathways of the Golgi.

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Biological TransportCells, CulturedCoat Protein Complex IGolgi ApparatusHEK293 CellsHumansMembrane ProteinsPhosphoproteinsTransport VesiclesCoat Protein Complex IGOLPH3L protein, humanGOLPH3 protein, humanMembrane ProteinsPhosphoproteins

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PMID34473204
PMCPMC8421267
OpenAlexW3197693442

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