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. 2020 Nov 3;11:5559. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19032-0

Fig. 10. A trimeric Rab7 GEF controls NPC1-dependent lysosomal cholesterol export.

Fig. 10

Model for MCC and Rab7 function in lysosomal cholesterol export. The trimeric Mon1-Ccz1-C18orf8 (MCC) GEF activates mammalian Rab7, which binds the NPC1 cholesterol transporter and either a) directly activates NPC1’s cholesterol export function; or b) assembles a down-stream membrane contact site (MCS) at which a yet-uncharacterised lipid transfer protein (LTP) mediates cholesterol transfer to the ER and/or plasma membrane. A combined Rab7 function in NPC1 activation and MCS formation would assure lysosomal cholesterol export only proceeds once a down-stream lipid transfer module is assembled.

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