Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
8480425 Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology 2015 9 Pages PDF
Abstract

- Extracellular vesicles are increasingly recognised players of intercellular communication.
- Most frequently studied posttranslational modifications include glycosylation, phosphorylation, oxidation and citrullination.
- Posttranslational modifications have major impact on vesicle biogenesis, cargo sorting and vesicular uptake.
- Enzymes capable of carrying out posttranslational modifications are transported by extracellular vesicles.
- Characteristic posttranslational modifications of extracellular vesicle proteins may associate with specific pathophysiological processes.
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