“…Dileucine motifs in a number of cell surface proteins have been reported to mediate their internalization and sorting in the trans-Golgi apparatus as well as trafficking to the lysosome [24], [26]. Leucine-based internalization motifs have been identified in the mannose 6-phosphate/Insulin –like growth factor receptor, insulin receptor, CD3γ chain, epidermal growth factor receptor, leukemia inhibitory factor receptor, and gp130 subunit of the IL-6 receptor complex [7], [9], [20], [23], [25], [26], [34], [35]. In the gp130 subunit, substitution of the leucine residues in the dileucine STQPLL motif with alanines was shown to dramatically alter trafficking of the IL-6 receptor complex with a near complete loss in the capacity to internalize the receptor complex [20].…”