Carboxyl-Terminal SSLKG Motif of the Human Cystinosin-LKG Plays an Important Role in Plasma Membrane Sorting.

Cystinosin mediates an ATP-dependent cystine efflux from lysosomes and causes, if mutated, nephropathic cystinosis, a rare inherited lysosomal storage disease. Alternative splicing of the last exon of the cystinosin sequence produces the cystinosin-LKG isoform that is characterized by a different C-...

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Main Authors: Francesco Bellomo, Anna Taranta, Stefania Petrini, Rossella Venditti, Maria Teresa Rocchetti, Laura Rita Rega, Serena Corallini, Loreto Gesualdo, Maria Antonietta De Matteis, Francesco Emma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4858208?pdf=render