Catalase uses the H2O2 to oxidize a variety of other substrates (formic acid, formaldehyde, and alcohol) by the “peroxidation” reaction.

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Sar1 is the only GTPase switch protein activated at the ER membrane

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Sec12

acts as a GEF factor for Sar1

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After the vesicle coat is complete, the Sec23 coat subunit promotes GTP hydrolysis causes disassembly of the coat.

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A second function of small GTPases in vesicle formation is in the pinching off of a completed vesicle from the parent membrane

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Sar1 GTPase drives the pinching off of COPII vesicles

ARF GTPase drives the pinching off of COPIvesicles

Dynamin GTPase drives the pinching off of clathrin-coated vesicles

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Two different kinds of sorting signals:

Membrane cargo proteins carry cytoplasmic sorting signals

Soluble cargo proteins carry luminal sorting signals