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. 2012 Oct 1;3(4):229–235. doi: 10.4161/sgtp.21631

Table 1. Comparison of shared components of the known Rho1/RhoA endocytic pathways.

  Yeast Rho1 pathway15 RhoA-dependent phagocytosis Mammalian RhoA-dependent CIE26
GTPase(s) involved
Rho1
RhoA (other phagocytic pathways use Rac1 and/or Cdc42)
RhoA
GEF(s) involved
Rom1, Rom2
various, including Vav1 and Vav328
?
formin requirement
Bni1 (diaphanous-related formin)
mDia1, mDia2 (diaphanous-related formins)29-31
?
dynamin involvement
Vps1? (vps1Δ is lethal in 4Δ+ENTH1 cells, but whether lethality is linked to endocytosis is unclear)
Dynamin-232
Dynamin-1
integrin involvement
Mid2? (integrin-like, with a heavily glycosylated ectodomain and a short cytoplasmic domain that signals to the cell interior)
β1 subunit (α4β1 and α5β1 integrins), β2 subunit (αMβ2)27,28,34
?
polarity proteins
polarisome complex (Spa2, Bud6 and Bni1 subunits)
?
?
cargo/receptor ? various receptors, including integrins interleukin 2 receptor (IL2R)