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- noun biochemistry A
complex ofproteins , first identified inyeast , which plays an important role inrecycling transmembrane receptors fromendosomes to the trans-Golgi network.
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One such partner was found to be VPS35, a component of a structure called the retromer complex.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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One such partner was found to be VPS35, a component of a structure called the retromer complex.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Tattersall D, Seaman MN (2007) EHD1 interacts with retromer to stabilize SNX1 tubules and facilitate endosome-to-Golgi retrieval.
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From the many genetic screening tests that have been done in yeast, researchers knew that flaws in the retromer complex can cause cells to be vulnerable to rapamycin, just as excess GOLPH3 can.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Chin's team theorized that mammalian GOLPH3 also works with the retromer complex to control the activity of TOR in mammal cells (where it's known at mTOR).
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Chin's team theorized that mammalian GOLPH3 also works with the retromer complex to control the activity of TOR in mammal cells (where it's known at mTOR).
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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This suggested that the retromer complex in yeast is important for chemical signals sent to and from TOR.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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From the many genetic screening tests that have been done in yeast, researchers knew that flaws in the retromer complex can cause cells to be vulnerable to rapamycin, just as excess GOLPH3 can.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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This suggested that the retromer complex in yeast is important for chemical signals sent to and from TOR.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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In 2005, they found evidence that in certain endosomes, a complex of proteins known as a retromer might be malfunctioning in Alzheimer’s disease and triggering endosomal traffic jams that cause amyloid to accumulate in neurons.
What Causes Alzheimer’s? Scientists Are Rethinking the Answer. | Quanta Magazine Yasemin Saplakoglu 2022
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