MCB 2050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Invagination, Organelle, Vesicle Fusion

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Operates in the opposite direction of the secretory pathway. Materials move into the cell via vesiculation of the pm and either recycled back to the pm or transported to the lysosome for degradation. Two main processes for internalization: endocytosis: selective internalization of pm components, phagocytosis: uptake of large, particulate materials from the extracellular space of specialized cells (like micro-organism cellular eating /ingestion by amoebas) Various forms with different underlying mechanisms: bulk-phase endocytosis: pinocytosis or cellular drinking ; responsible for non-specific uptake of extracellular fluids and pm protein turnover (pm recycles every 20-90 minutes, receptor-mediated endocytosis. Responsible for concentrating and internalizing specific extracellular materials (ligands) bound to specific receptors on the pm (involves clathrin- coated vesicles) and pm proteins destined for turnover. Pm transmembrane receptor becomes activated by binding to a specific ligand. Receptor-ligand complex diffuses in the pm and concentrates in coated pits (specialized regions/indentations of the pm where receptors accumulate and where internalization takes place)

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