“…In yeast, subunits of Lobe A are essential components of the complex (VanRheenen et al, 1998;Whyte and Munro, 2001;Wuestehube et al, 1996), whereas Lobe B subunits are not substantially required for cell growth or internal membrane organisation (Ram et al, 2002;Whyte and Munro, 2001). Mutations in the genes encoding human COG1, COG4-COG8 have been associated with congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) (Foulquier et al, 2006Foulquier et al, 2007Kranz et al, 2007;Lübbehusen et al, 2010;Ng et al, 2007;Paesold-Burda et al, 2009;Reynders et al, 2009;Spaapen et al, 2005;Steet and Kornfeld, 2006;Wu et al, 2004) indicating a role for COG in the transport and/or stability of Golgi glycosylation enzymes. Indeed studies in both yeast and mammalian cells have suggested that COG complex might function as a vesicle-tethering factor in intra-Golgi retrograde COPI transport (Ungar et al, 2002), thus regulating the distribution and the stability of Golgi resident proteins (Oka et al, 2004;Shestakova et al, 2006;Suvorova et al, 2001;Suvorova et al, 2002;Walter et al, 1998).…”