The Docking Stage of Yeast Vacuole Fusion Requires the Transfer of Proteins from a Cis-Snare Complex to a Rab/Ypt Protein

The homotypic fusion of yeast vacuoles requires Sec18p (NSF)-driven priming to allow vacuole docking, but the mechanism that links priming and docking is unknown. We find that a large multisubunit protein called the Vam2/6p complex is bound to cis-paired SNAP receptors (SNAREs) on isolated vacuoles....

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Autores principales: Price, Albert, Seals, Darren, Wickner, William, Ungermann, Christian
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 2000
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2174311/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10725336
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Sumario:The homotypic fusion of yeast vacuoles requires Sec18p (NSF)-driven priming to allow vacuole docking, but the mechanism that links priming and docking is unknown. We find that a large multisubunit protein called the Vam2/6p complex is bound to cis-paired SNAP receptors (SNAREs) on isolated vacuoles. This association of the Vam2/6p complex with the cis-SNARE complex is disrupted during priming. The Vam2/6p complex then binds to Ypt7p, a guanosine triphosphate binding protein of the Rab family, to initiate productive contact between vacuoles. Thus, cis-SNARE complexes can contain Rab/Ypt effectors, and these effectors can be mobilized by NSF/Sec18p-driven priming, allowing their direct association with a Rab/Ypt protein to activate docking.

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