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Endocytic recycling is an intracellular process that returns inter-nalized molecules back to the plasma membrane,1,2 and it plays crucial roles not only in the reuse of receptor molecules but in remodeling of the protein and lipid composition of the plasma membrane. Thus, endocytic recycling is required for a variety of cellular events, including cell migration, cytokinesis and neu-rite outgrowth.3-5 One of the platforms that plays a central role in endocytic recycling is the recycling endosome.6-8 Recycling endosomes are usually localized in the perinuclear area, and they function as endosomal hubs that connect endocytic and exocytic membrane trafficking by receiving internalized molecules from early endosomes and returning them to the plasma membrane. However, the molecular mechanisms by which they perform their functions are not fully understood. To identify the molecular mechanisms by which recyclin