CHMP4B: Charged multivesicular body protein 4b, Chromatin-modifying protein 4b, CHMP4b, SNF7 homolog associated with Alix 1, SNF7-2, hSnf7-2, Vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 32-2, Vps32-2, hVps32-2 CHMP4C: Charged multivesicular body protein 4C, Chromatin-modifying protein 4C, CHMP4C, SNF7 homolog associated with Alix 3 SNF7-3, hSnf7-3, Vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 32-3, Vps32-3, hVps32-3
Probable core component of the endosomal sorting required for transport complex III (ESCRT-III) which is involved in multivesicular bodies (MVBs) formation and sorting of endosomal cargo proteins into MVBs. MVBs contain intraluminal vesicles (ILVs) that are generated by invagination and scission from the limiting membrane of the endosome and mostly are delivered to lysosomes enabling degradation of membrane proteins, such as stimulated growth factor receptors, lysosomal enzymes and lipids. The MVB pathway appears to require the sequential function of ESCRT-O, -I,-II and -III complexes. ESCRT-III proteins mostly dissociate from the invaginating membrane before the ILV is released. The ESCRT machinery also functions in topologically equivalent membrane fission events, such as the terminal stages of cytokinesis and the budding of enveloped viruses (HIV-1 and other lentiviruses).
