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#clathrin-mediated endocytosis

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The process of vesicle scission during clathrin-mediated endocytosis requires:

Formation of endocytic vesicle demands energetically unfavorable fission of neck connecting bud to parent membrane against line tension and bending resistance. In clathrin-mediated pathway adaptor AP2 and accessory proteins FCHo, epsin together with clathrin lattice driving polymerization stabilize deeply invaginated bud with omega shape. Constriction of neck performed by dynamin large 96 kDa GTPase assembling into helical oligomer about two turns around neck 50 nm diameter PH domain binding PI(4,5)P2. Polymerization aligns G domains enhancing GTPase 100 fold. Upon concerted GTP binding and co

Ref: Schmid & Frolov, Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol: Dynamin GTP hydrolysis drives membrane scission.