AQP12 Trafficking Motif Reveals Conserved Signaling for Intracellular Protein Storage
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Discovery of the day · Cell Biology
A pan-vertebrate signaling motif controls the molecular function of intracellular AQP12
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Biology · Cell Biology
Discovery of the day
A newly identified pan-vertebrate C-terminal targeting domain (YPD) in the intracellular aquaporin AQP12 controls its trafficking to yolk platelets and zymogen granules, revealing a conserved signaling mechanism for protein delivery to intracellular storage vesicles. Researchers demonstrated that vertebrate AQP12 channels function as mercury-sensitive polytransporters whose intracellular localization is regulated by Ca²⁺ and cAMP signaling pathways, with the YPD domain capable of redirecting even orthodox aquaporin chimeras to these compartments. This finding opens new avenues for understanding how intracellular trafficking signals regulate protein storage and secretion, with potential implications for the role of vesicle-mediated transport in cellular stress responses, apoptosis, and the maintenance of proteostasis during aging and reproductive tissue function.
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