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ReviewCurrent opinion in cell biology2026

Structural mechanisms of cargo adaptors in membrane trafficking.

Dillon Sloan, Mintu Chandra, Lauren Jackson, Richard Baker

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Review in Current opinion in cell biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Dillon SloanDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Mintu ChandraDepartment of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
Lauren JacksonDepartment of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA. Electronic address: lauren.p.jackson@vanderbilt.edu.
Richard BakerDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. Electronic address: baker@med.unc.edu.

Funding

The molecular role of tepsin in membrane trafficking pathwaysR35GM119525 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI Lauren Parker Jackson · 2016 to 2026
$4.3M
Molecular mechanisms of endocytic initiation and cargo selectionR35GM150960 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Richard Wayne Baker · 2023 to 2026
$1.6M
Molecular mechanism of CCDC32 in Cardiofacioneurodevelopmental syndromeF31DE034311 · NIDCR · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI SLOAN, DILLON · 2024 to 2025
$75k
NIDCR NIH HHS F31 DE034311NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM119525NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM150960
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eukaryotic cells have evolved multiple intracellular trafficking pathways to control the precise sub-cellular localization of proteins and lipids. Key to this process are cargo adaptors, which cooperate with the coat machinery to package and deliver transmembrane cargo with directional specificity. Recent insights indicate how cargo adaptors act as active recognition and regulatory modules to integrate allosteric cues that couple cargo recognition with coat recruitment, coat polymerization, and membrane deformation. In this review, we discuss recent molecular insights into the adaptor protein (AP) family and endosomal sorting nexin (SNX) proteins that recognize cargoes throughout cells. We further highlight how the designation of coat versus adaptor is challenging in systems where these functions have merged into a single complex or cannot be easily ascribed to one versus the other.

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Cell MembraneAnimalsHumansProtein TransportSorting NexinsSorting Nexins

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PMID42033904
PMCPMC13137311

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