Protein sorting and membrane-mediated interactions

Biophysics Reviews
Mária Hanulová, Matthias Weiss

Abstract

Sorting of membrane proteins is of vital importance for living cells. Indeed, roughly one-third of a eukaryotic cell's proteome consists of peripheral and transmembrane proteins. These need to be properly distributed and dynamically maintained at distinct locations in the compartmentalized cell, and one may wonder how proteins determine where, when, and how to travel to reach a specific organelle. While specific binary interactions between proteins have been invoked in explaining the trafficking and sorting processes, a more active role of lipids in this context has become visible in recent years. In particular, membrane-mediated interactions have been suggested to serve as a robust physicochemical mechanism to facilitate protein sorting. Here, we will review some recent insights into these aspects.

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