Figure 10.
Model for the COG complex function in membrane trafficking. Cis-Golgi localized COG complex acts a tether for retrograde COPI-coated CCD vesicles that originate from the trans-Golgi/endosomal compartment(s). The COG3 KD abolishes vesicle tethering to the cis-Golgi. As a result multiple nontethered vesicles are transiently accumulated in cell cytoplasm and the membrane-depleted Golgi ribbon is fragmented into multiple Golgi mini-stacks.