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ER membrane contact sites support endosomal small GTPase conversion for exosome secretion
Exosomes are derived from endosomal compartments with an ill-defined molecular identity and whose trafficking steps to secretion are poorly understood. Using advanced imaging approaches, the authors identified these compartments as pre-lysosomal endosomes that require dynamic membrane contact sites with the endoplasmic reticulum to induce a prosecretory cascade of small-GTPases.
Gradient tracking in mating yeast depends on Bud1 inactivation and actin-independent vesicle delivery
To sense potential mating partners’ positions, yeast uses a default polarity site to assemble a gradient tracking machine (GTM), which redistributes up the pheromone gradient. Here, Wang et al. show that GTM redistribution requires default-site inactivation and actin-independent vesicle delivery.
Liquid–liquid phase separation facilitates the biogenesis of secretory storage granules
The biogenesis of secretory granules (SGs) is poorly understood. Here, we show that chromogranin proteins form a liquid scaffold upon entry into the milieu of the trans-Golgi network (TGN). These scaffolds recruit clients such as proinsulin and facilitate their transport to SGs.
