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Journal of Experimental Botany 2007 58(1):49-64; doi:10.1093/jxb/erl135
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The plant ER–Golgi interface: a highly structured and dynamic membrane complex

Patrick Moreau1,*, Federica Brandizzi2, Sally Hanton2, Laurent Chatre1,2, Su Melser1, Chris Hawes3 and Béatrice Satiat-Jeunemaitre4

1Laboratoire de Biogenèse membranaire, UMR 5200 CNRS-Université de Bordeaux II, case 92, 146 rue Léo-Saignat, F-33076 Bordeaux-Cedex, France
2Department of Biology, 112 Science Place, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 5E2
3Research School of Biological and Molecular Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, UK
4Laboratoire de Dynamique de la Compartimentation Cellulaire, Institut des Sciences du Végétal, CNRS UPR 2355, Avenue de la Terrasse, F-91400 Gif sur Yvette-Cedex, France

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: pmoreau{at}biomemb.u-bordeaux2.fr

As compared with other eukaryotic cells, plants have developed an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)–Golgi interface with very specific structural characteristics. ER to Golgi and Golgi to ER transport appear not to be dependent on the cytoskeleton, and ER export sites have been found closely associated with Golgi bodies to constitute entire mobile units. However, the molecular machinery involved in membrane trafficking seems to be relatively conserved among eukaryotes. Therefore, a challenge for plant scientists is to determine how these molecular machineries work in a different structural and dynamic organization. This review will focus on some aspects of membrane dynamics that involve coat proteins, SNAREs (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment receptor proteins), lipids, and lipid-interacting proteins.

Key words: Coat proteins, endoplasmic reticulum (ER), Golgi apparatus (GA), lipids, membrane biogenesis, membrane trafficking, SNAREs


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