Table 1

Summary of endocytic routes of membrane proteins and lipids.

Protein

Invagination

Endocytic partners

Motor proteins

Cell type

Ref


FR-GPI

GEECs

Cholesterol and sphingolipids

CDC42

CHO cells

[59]


chPrPC

Clathrin-coated pits

LRP 1 and Cu2+

Dynamin

N2A

[81,84]


Transferrin

Clathrin-coated pits

ND

Dynamin

CHO

[59]


GFP-GPI

Presumably GEECs, distinct from clathrin coated pits

Presumably Cholesterol and sphingolipids

ND

SN56

[84]


CT-B

GEECs

Presumably CDC42

Cav-1null mouse fiborblasts

[64]


CD59

Tubular endosomes

ARF6 and Rab22a

HeLa

[70]


uPAR

Clathtrin coated pits

LRP

Dynamin

Normal Rat Kidney (NRK) and HT1080

[75]


Lakhan et al. Journal of Biomedical Science 2009 16:93   doi:10.1186/1423-0127-16-93

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