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SUBMITTER: Massol RH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC491824 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Massol Ramiro H RH Larsen Jakob E JE Fujinaga Yukako Y Lencer Wayne I WI Kirchhausen Tomas T
Molecular biology of the cell 20040514 8
Cholera toxin (CT) and related AB(5) toxins bind to glycolipids at the plasma membrane and are then transported in a retrograde manner, first to the Golgi and then to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). In the ER, the catalytic subunit of CT is translocated into the cytosol, resulting in toxicity. Using fluorescence microscopy, we found that CT is internalized by multiple endocytic pathways. Inhibition of the clathrin-, caveolin-, or Arf6-dependent pathways by overexpression of appropriate dominant ...[more]