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SUBMITTER: Du Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9930140 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Du Yuanjiao Y Chang Weiping W Gao Lei L Gao Lei L Deng Lin L Ji Wei-Ke WK
The Journal of cell biology 20230127 4
ER tubules form and maintain membrane contact sites (MCSs) with late endosomes/lysosomes (LE/lys). The molecular composition and cellular functions of these MCSs are poorly understood. Here, we find that Tex2, an SMP domain-containing lipid transfer protein conserved in metazoan and yeast, is a tubular ER protein and is recruited to ER-LE/lys MCSs by TMEM55, phosphatases that convert PI(4,5)P2 to PI5P on LE/lys. We show that the Tex2-TMEM55 interaction occurs between an N-terminal region of Tex2 ...[more]