The Conserved oligomeric Golgi complex (COG) is a multi
protein complex
A protein complex or multiprotein complex is a group of two or more associated polypeptide chains. Protein complexes are distinct from multienzyme complexes, in which multiple catalytic domains are found in a single polypeptide chain.
Protein ...
found in the
Golgi apparatus
The Golgi apparatus (), also known as the Golgi complex, Golgi body, or simply the Golgi, is an organelle found in most eukaryotic cells. Part of the endomembrane system in the cytoplasm, it packages proteins into membrane-bound vesicles ...
structure and involved in
intracellular transport
Intracellular transport is the movement of vesicles and substances within a cell. Intracellular transport is required for maintaining homeostasis within the cell by responding to physiological signals. Proteins synthesized in the cytosol are di ...
and glycoprotein modification.
Earlier names for this complex were : the Golgi transport complex (GTC), the LDLC complex, which is involved in glycosylation reactions, and the SEC34 complex, which is involved in vesicular transport. These 3 complexes are identical and have been termed the conserved oligomeric Golgi (COG) complex (Ungar et al., 2002).
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;Structure:
The COG protein complex consists of eight subunits, in two lobes; Lobe A consists of
COG1
Conserved oligomeric Golgi complex subunit 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''COG1'' gene.
The protein encoded by this gene is one of eight proteins (Cog1-8) which form a Golgi-localized complex (COG) required for normal Golgi morp ...
,
COG2
Conserved oligomeric Golgi complex subunit 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''COG2'' gene.
Multiprotein complexes are key determinants of Golgi apparatus structure and its capacity for intracellular transport and glycoprotein modifi ...
,
COG3
Conserved oligomeric Golgi complex subunit 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''COG3'' gene.
The protein encoded by this gene has similarity to a yeast protein. It seems to be part of a peripheral membrane protein complex localized o ...
,
COG4
Conserved oligomeric Golgi complex subunit 4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''COG4'' gene.
Multiprotein complexes are key determinants of Golgi apparatus structure and its capacity for intracellular transport and glycoprotein modif ...
and lobe B consists of
COG5
Conserved oligomeric Golgi complex subunit 5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''COG5'' gene.
Multiprotein complexes are key determinants of Golgi apparatus structure and its capacity for intracellular transport and glycoprotein mod ...
,
COG6,
COG7
Conserved oligomeric Golgi complex subunit 7 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''COG7'' gene.
Multiprotein complexes are key determinants of Golgi apparatus structure and its capacity for intracellular transport and glycoprotein ...
,
COG8
Conserved oligomeric Golgi complex subunit 8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''COG8'' gene.
Multiprotein complexes are key determinants of Golgi apparatus structure and its capacity for intracellular transport and glycoprotein modi ...
.
Function
The conserved oligomeric Golgi complex plays important roles in maintaining the structure and transport mechanisms within the Golgi apparatus.
Further reading
Role of the conserved oligomeric Golgi (COG) complex in protein glycosylation. Smith & Lupashin. 2008The conserved oligomeric Golgi complex is required for fucosylation of N-glycans in Caenorhabditis elegans. 2012See Introduction
References
Protein complexes
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