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. 2018 May 18;8:7860. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-26128-7

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Plasma membrane ABC transporters of S. cerevisiae involved in lipid trafficking. Schematic representation of a set of ABC transporters that localize to the plasma membrane and are documented to play physiological roles in lipid trafficking and homeostasis in S. cerevisiae7,8,1621. Pdr18, Pdr11, Aus1, Pdr10 and Pdr5 belong to the pleiotropic drug resistance (PDR) subfamily, Yor1 belongs to the multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP) subfamily and Ste6 belongs to the multidrug resistance (MDR) subfamily of ABC transporters. The proposed biological functions are detailed in the Introduction section. Ergosterol transport, from its site of synthesis to the plasma membrane, is considered to occur by equilibration (t1/2 ~ 10–15 min) of endoplasmic reticulum and plasma membrane ergosterol pools via a bidirectional, nonvesicular process66. Abbreviations: phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylserine (PS), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE).