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FIGURE 14-19 Model for dynamin-mediated pinching off of clathrin-coated vesicles. After a vesicle bud forms, dynamin polymerizes over the neck. By a mechanism that is not well understood, dynamin-catalyzed hydrolysis of GTP leads to release of the vesicle from the donor membrane. Note that membrane proteins in the donor membrane are incorporated into vesicles by interacting with AP complexes in the coat. See K. Takel et al., 1995, Nature 374:186.