The cells are communicating with each other using membrane-bound receptors. These receptors can recognize various ligands. Signalling via receptors allows the cell to control energy homeostasis, cell growth, differentiation, signalling and migration. Many of membrane-bound receptors are dynamically exchanged between plasma membrane and internal endosomal compartments by exo- and endocytosis. The most studied mechanism of endocytosis is clathrin-mediated endocytosis. There are many proteins involved in the sophisticated endocytic machinery. So called adaptor proteins allow and/or facilitate proper selection of cargo, which should be internalized. Some of them help to curve the membrane and form a vesicle, some of them may have opposite effect. "Src Homology 3-Domain Growth Factor Receptor-Bound 2-Like (Endophilin) Interacting Protein 1" (SGIP1) might fall in this category. This protein influences endocannabinoid signalling probably via its effect on cannabinoid receptors endocytosis. SGIP1 was recently identified as a gene involved in regulation of energy metabolism with overexpression leading to obesity. The aim of this work is structural and functional analysis of SGIP1 membrane phospholipid-binding domain (MP-domain). This domain shares no sequence homology with any of known proteins. In this...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:337357 |
| Date | January 2014 |
| Creators | Dvořáková, Michaela |
| Contributors | Konvalinka, Jan, Vaněk, Ondřej |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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