Scheme of the function coated vesicles have in phagocytosis. Shown
is, too, the recycling of the vesicles. Ingested molecules or
particles (red) can be digested, kept in storage vacuoles or be
released into the cytosol. At the top of the picture: the coated
vesicle buds (A, B) and pinches off ( C) At the middle of the
picture (2): the coated vesicle fuses with an intracellular vesicle,
its content is processed. 3, 4: indicated fusion of the now un-coated
vesicle with the plasmalemma (membrane recycling). Top left corner
(5): insertion of clathrin into the plasmalemma, the prerequisite
for the formation of new coated vesicles (according to B. PEARSE,
1980).
