Clathrin Coated Vesicle Assembly Polypeptides Physical Properties Ncbi Nlm Nih Form

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eukaryotic cells take in extracellular molecules through a process called endocytosis in which the plasma membrane imagine AIT's and pinches off cargo filled vesicles this movie shows a series of electron micrographs that have been artificially morphed to show the process of endocytosis as it may occur the process involves a variety of molecules including the cargo molecules that the cell takes in the receptors that capture the cargo molecules and molecules called adapt ins that mediate contact between the receptors and the clathrin molecules that act to shape the vesicle forming at the plasma membrane in the electron microscope individual clatter molecules can be seen as three-legged structures called triskelions each Triskelion contains three heavy chains and three light chains when a clathrin code forms on a membrane the globular domains that make up the tips of the heavy chains bind to adapt ins which interact with cargo membrane proteins the Assembly of a clathrin can occur sponta