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SUBMITTER: Partlow EA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10116491 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Partlow Edward A EA Cannon Kevin S KS Hollopeter Gunther G Baker Richard W RW
Nature structural & molecular biology 20220328 4
Clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) is the main route of internalization from the plasma membrane. It is known that the heterotetrameric AP2 clathrin adaptor must open to simultaneously engage membrane and endocytic cargo, yet it is unclear how transmembrane cargos are captured to catalyze CME. Using cryogenic-electron microscopy, we discover a new way in which mouse AP2 can reorganize to expose membrane- and cargo-binding pockets, which is not observed in clathrin-coated structures. Instead, it ...[more]