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Review
. 2002 Nov;27(11):1313-29.
doi: 10.1023/a:1021667515030.

Myelin biogenesis: vesicle transport in oligodendrocytes

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Myelin biogenesis: vesicle transport in oligodendrocytes

J N Larocca et al. Neurochem Res. 2002 Nov.

Abstract

Intracellular trafficking of membranes plays an essential role in the biogenesis and maintenance of myelin. The requisite proteins and lipids are transported from their sites of synthesis to myelin via vesicles. Vesicle transport is tightly coordinated with synthesis of lipids and proteins. To maintain the structural and functional organization of oligodendrocytes it is essential synchronize the various pathways of vesicle transport and to coordinate vesicle transport with reorganization of cytoskeleton. The systems that regulate the _targeting of protein to myelin by vesicle transport are now being described. Here we review the current knowledge of these systems including those involved in (a) protein folding, (b) protein sorting and formation of carrier vesicles, (c) vesicle transport along elements of the cytoskeleton, and (d) vesicle _targeting/fusion.

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