Trafficking

... MHC-bearing cells, cluster these receptor complexes (namely T cell receptor + MHC I or II) on lipid rafts. I'm not sure if this counts as lipid trafficking, but at least it involves cells actively transporting certain types of lipids to one place in order to allow the molecules anchored to them ...

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Hi everyone, I have a question about lipid trafficking, I don't understand why w :lol: e need to transfer lipid to a different place IN the cell. Can someone explain to me why move a lipid in the first place, and not have the cell make it where ...

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... place and even the protein folding is done in ER by enzyme such as protein disulfide isomerase and carbohydrates are added by dolichol carrier. Is trafficking is done by means of trans & cis golgi complex by means of vesicles which carry the proteins to the targeted sites by the help of v & ...

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... are synthesized, they must be transported to the lysosome. Therefore, there must be a mechanism to prevent them from degrading protein during this trafficking.

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... movement may be a pathologic mechanism that results in HD neurodegeneration. Hypothesis: Mutant huntingtin aggregates inhibit mitochondrial trafficking. Methods: Primary cortical neurons were transfected using the following fluorescent proteins: mitochondrially- targeted monomeric-mRFP and ...

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