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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 44, Issue 9, Pages 1436-1443Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2012.05.013
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Endoplasmic reticulum; ER tubules; ER sheets; Organelle shaping; Membrane fusion
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- National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) [2010CB833702]
- NSF of China [31171284]
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is involved in many critical processes, including protein and lipid synthesis and calcium storage. Morphologically, the ER can be divided into two subdomains: a network of interconnected tubules and interspersed sheets. Until recently, how these different compartments form in a continuous membrane system was unclear. Several classes of integral membrane proteins have been identified in the ER; the reticulons and DP1/Yop1p play roles in the generation of ER tubules, and possibly in stabilizing ER sheets, atlastins and Sey1p are dynamin-like GTPases that facilitate tubular network formation by mediating ER membrane fusion, and Climp63, p180, and kinectin are enriched in ER sheets and influence their formation. In this review, we summarize recent advances in our understanding of how these proteins participate in ER shaping. We also discuss possible mechanisms for regulating ER morphology via the cytoskeleton. Lessons learned about sculpting the ER membrane may be applicable to other organelles. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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