Phosphatidylinositol Synthase and Diacylglycerol Platforms Bust a Move

• Published in: Developmental cell Vol. 21; no. 5; pp. 810 - 812
• Main Authors: Bankaitis, Vytas A., Grabon, Aby
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 15.11.2011
• Subjects: cell communication; endoplasmic reticulum; enzymes; myo-inositol; plasma membrane; synthesis

Kim et al. (2011) challenge the dogma that phosphatidylinositol synthesis is restricted to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) by showing that a mobile membrane compartment transports phosphatidylinositol synthase from the ER to numerous cellular compartments, including the plasma membrane. These finding...