Dependence on pH of polarized sorting of secreted proteins
Caplan M, Stow J, Newman A, Madri J, Anderson H, Farquhar M, Palade G, Jamieson J. Dependence on pH of polarized sorting of secreted proteins. Nature 1987, 329: 632-635. PMID: 2821405, DOI: 10.1038/329632a0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSecretory proteinsMDCK cellsDifferent protein compositionsBasolateral cell surfacePolarized sortingMembrane proteinsBasolateral domainDefault pathwayPlasma membraneAcidic intracellular compartmentsIntracellular compartmentsProtein compositionMembrane componentsCell surfaceBasement membrane componentsProteinSecrete lamininDistinct setsRenal tubule cellsEpithelial cellsActive sortingBasolateral compartmentCellsSecretory productsSpecific regions