Flotillins and the PHB domain protein family: Rafts, worms and anaesthetics

被引:209
作者
Morrow, IC [1 ]
Parton, RG [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Queensland, Ctr Microscopy & Microanal, Inst Mol Biosci, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
关键词
anaesthetic; cholesterol; flotillin; lipid raft; PHB; prohibitin; unc;
D O I
10.1111/j.1600-0854.2005.00318.x
中图分类号
Q2 [细胞生物学];
学科分类号
071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
While our understanding of lipid microdomains has advanced in recent years, many aspects of their formation and dynamics are still unclear. In particular, the molecular determinants that facilitate the partitioning of integral membrane proteins into lipid raft domains are yet to be clarified. This review focuses on a family of raft-associated integral membrane proteins, termed flotillins, which belongs to a larger class of integral membrane proteins that carry an evolutionarily conserved domain called the prohibitin homology (PHB) domain. A number of studies now suggest that eucaryotic proteins carrying this domain have affinity for lipid raft domains. The PHB domain is carried by a diverse array of proteins including stomatin, podocin, the archetypal PHB protein, prohibitin, lower eucaryotic proteins such as the Dictyostelium discoideum proteins vacuolin A and vacuolin B and the Caenorhabditis elegans proteins unc-1, unc-24 and mec-2. The presence of this domain in some procaryotic proteins suggests that the PHB domain may constitute a primordial lipid recognition motif. Recent work has provided new insights into the trafficking and targeting of flotillin and other PHB domain proteins. While the function of this large family of proteins remains unclear, studies of the C. elegans PHB proteins suggest possible links to a class of volatile anaesthetics raising the possibility that these lipophilic agents could influence lipid raft domains. This review will discuss recent insights into the cell biology of flotillins and the large family of evolutionarily conserved PHB domain proteins.
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