Sec3-containing exocyst complex is required for desmosome assembly in mammalian epithelial cells.

ABSTRACT: The Exocyst is a conserved multisubunit complex involved in the docking of post-Golgi transport vesicles to sites of membrane remodeling during cellular processes such as polarization, migration, and division. In mammalian epithelial cells, Exocyst complexes are recruited to nascent sites of cell-cell contact in response to E-cadherin-mediated adhesive interactions, and this event is an important early step in the assembly of intercellular junctions. Sec3 has been hypothesized to function as a spatial landmark for the development of polarity in budding yeast, but its role in epithelial cells has not been investigated. Here, we provide evidence in support of a function for a Sec3-containing Exocyst complex in the assembly or maintenance of desmosomes, adhesive junctions that link intermedia

SUBMITTER: Andersen NJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2801709 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature