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Endosome vs Retromer - What's the difference?

endosome | retromer |

As nouns the difference between endosome and retromer

is that endosome is an endocytic vacuole through which molecules internalized during endocytosis pass en route to lysosomes while retromer is a complex of proteins, first identified in yeast, which plays an important role in recycling transmembrane receptors from endosomes to the trans-Golgi network.

endosome

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(wikipedia endosome) (en noun)
  • (biology) An endocytic vacuole through which molecules internalized during endocytosis pass en route to lysosomes

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    retromer

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  • (biochemistry) A complex of proteins, first identified in yeast, which plays an important role in recycling transmembrane receptors from endosomes to the trans-Golgi network.