scholarly journals Erv41p and Erv46p

2001 ◽  
Vol 152 (3) ◽  
pp. 503-518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Otte ◽  
William J. Belden ◽  
Matthew Heidtman ◽  
Jay Liu ◽  
Ole N. Jensen ◽  
...  

Proteins contained on purified COPII vesicles were analyzed by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry combined with database searching. We identified four known vesicle proteins (Erv14p, Bet1p, Emp24p, and Erv25p) and an additional nine species (Yip3p, Rer1p, Erp1p, Erp2p, Erv29p, Yif1p, Erv41p, Erv46p, and Emp47p) that had not been localized to ER vesicles. Using antibodies, we demonstrate that these proteins are selectively and efficiently packaged into COPII vesicles. Three of the newly identified vesicle proteins (Erv29p, Erv41p, and Erv46p) represent uncharacterized integral membrane proteins that are conserved across species. Erv41p and Erv46p were further characterized. These proteins colocalized to ER and Golgi membranes and exist in a detergent-soluble complex that was isolated by immunoprecipitation. Yeast strains lacking Erv41p and/or Erv46p are viable but display cold sensitivity. The expression levels of Erv41p and Erv46p are interdependent such that Erv46p was reduced in an erv41Δ strain, and Erv41p was not detected in an erv46Δ strain. When the erv41Δ or ev46Δ alleles were combined with other mutations in the early secretory pathway, altered growth phenotypes were observed in some of the double mutant strains. A cell-free assay that reproduces transport between the ER and Golgi indicates that deletion of the Erv41p–Erv46p complex influences the membrane fusion stage of transport.

2000 ◽  
Vol 151 (3) ◽  
pp. 507-518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Britta Brügger ◽  
Roger Sandhoff ◽  
Sabine Wegehingel ◽  
Karin Gorgas ◽  
Jörg Malsam ◽  
...  

In higher eukaryotes, phospholipid and cholesterol synthesis occurs mainly in the endoplasmic reticulum, whereas sphingomyelin and higher glycosphingolipids are synthesized in the Golgi apparatus. Lipids like cholesterol and sphingomyelin are gradually enriched along the secretory pathway, with their highest concentration at the plasma membrane. How a cell succeeds in maintaining organelle-specific lipid compositions, despite a steady flow of incoming and outgoing transport carriers along the secretory pathway, is not yet clear. Transport and sorting along the secretory pathway of both proteins and most lipids are thought to be mediated by vesicular transport, with coat protein I (COPI) vesicles operating in the early secretory pathway. Although the protein constituents of these transport intermediates are characterized in great detail, much less is known about their lipid content. Using nano-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry for quantitative lipid analysis of COPI-coated vesicles and their parental Golgi membranes, we find only low amounts of sphingomyelin and cholesterol in COPI-coated vesicles compared with their donor Golgi membranes, providing evidence for a significant segregation from COPI vesicles of these lipids. In addition, our data indicate a sorting of individual sphingomyelin molecular species. The possible molecular mechanisms underlying this segregation, as well as implications on COPI function, are discussed.


2014 ◽  
Vol 79 (9) ◽  
pp. 879-893 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. I. Fokin ◽  
I. B. Brodsky ◽  
A. V. Burakov ◽  
E. S. Nadezhdina

2002 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 880-891 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Powers ◽  
Charles Barlowe

Erv14p is a conserved integral membrane protein that traffics in COPII-coated vesicles and localizes to the early secretory pathway in yeast. Deletion of ERV14 causes a defect in polarized growth because Axl2p, a transmembrane secretory protein, accumulates in the endoplasmic reticulum and is not delivered to its site of function on the cell surface. Herein, we show that Erv14p is required for selection of Axl2p into COPII vesicles and for efficient formation of these vesicles. Erv14p binds to subunits of the COPII coat and binding depends on conserved residues in a cytoplasmically exposed loop domain of Erv14p. When mutations are introduced into this loop, an Erv14p-Axl2p complex accumulates in the endoplasmic reticulum, suggesting that Erv14p links Axl2p to the COPII coat. Based on these results and further genetic experiments, we propose Erv14p coordinates COPII vesicle formation with incorporation of specific secretory cargo.


2004 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 1070-1080 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominik Wegmann ◽  
Pablo Hess ◽  
Carola Baier ◽  
Felix T. Wieland ◽  
Constanze Reinhard

ABSTRACT In early secretory transport, coat recruitment for the formation of coat protein I (COPI) vesicles involves binding to donor Golgi membranes of the small GTPase ADP-ribosylation factor 1 and subsequent attachment of the cytoplasmic heptameric complex coatomer. Various hypotheses exist as to the precise role of and possible routes taken by COPI vesicles in the mammalian cell. Here we report the ubiquitous expression of two novel isotypes of coatomer subunits γ- and ζ-COP that are incorporated into coatomer, and show that three isotypes exist of the complex defined by the subunit combinations γ1/ζ1, γ1/ζ2, and γ2/ζ1. In a liver cytosol, these forms make up the total coatomer in a ratio of about 2:1:2, respectively. The coatomer isotypes are located differentially within the early secretory pathway, and the γ2/ζ1 isotype is preferentially incorporated into COPI vesicles. A population of COPI vesicles was characterized that almost exclusively contains γ2/ζ1 coatomer. This existence of three structurally different forms of coatomer will need to be considered in future models of COPI-mediated transport.


2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingzhen Ding ◽  
Verónica A. Segarra ◽  
Shuliang Chen ◽  
Huaqing Cai ◽  
Sandra K. Lemmon ◽  
...  

Coat protein complexes contain an inner shell that sorts cargo and an outer shell that helps deform the membrane to give the vesicle its shape. There are three major types of coated vesicles in the cell: COPII, COPI, and clathrin. The COPII coat complex facilitates vesicle budding from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), while the COPI coat complex performs an analogous function in the Golgi. Clathrin-coated vesicles mediate traffic from the cell surface and between the trans-Golgi and endosome. While the assembly and structure of these coat complexes has been extensively studied, the disassembly of COPII and COPI coats from membranes is less well understood. We describe a proteomic and genetic approach that connects the J-domain chaperone auxilin, which uncoats clathrin-coated vesicles, to COPII and COPI coat complexes. Consistent with a functional role for auxilin in the early secretory pathway, auxilin binds to COPII and COPI coat subunits. Furthermore, ER–Golgi and intra-Golgi traffic is delayed at 15°C in swa2Δ mutant cells, which lack auxilin. In the case of COPII vesicles, we link this delay to a defect in vesicle fusion. We propose that auxilin acts as a chaperone and/or uncoating factor for transport vesicles that act in the early secretory pathway.


2009 ◽  
Vol 20 (22) ◽  
pp. 4739-4750 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elitza S. Sevova ◽  
James D. Bangs

The variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) of bloodstream form Trypanosoma brucei (Tb) is a critical virulence factor. The VSG glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchor strongly influences passage through the early secretory pathway. Using a dominant-negative mutation of TbSar1, we show that endoplasmic reticulum (ER) exit of secretory cargo in trypanosomes is dependent on the coat protein complex II (COPII) machinery. Trypanosomes have two orthologues each of the Sec23 and Sec24 COPII subunits, which form specific heterodimeric pairs: TbSec23.1/TbSec24.2 and TbSec23.2/TbSec24.1. RNA interference silencing of each subunit is lethal but has minimal effects on trafficking of soluble and transmembrane proteins. However, silencing of the TbSec23.2/TbSec24.1 pair selectively impairs ER exit of GPI-anchored cargo. All four subunits colocalize to one or two ER exit sites (ERES), in close alignment with the postnuclear flagellar adherence zone (FAZ), and closely juxtaposed to corresponding Golgi clusters. These ERES are nucleated on the FAZ-associated ER. The Golgi matrix protein Tb Golgi reassembly stacking protein defines a region between the ERES and Golgi, suggesting a possible structural role in the ERES:Golgi junction. Our results confirm a selective mechanism for GPI-anchored cargo loading into COPII vesicles and a remarkable degree of streamlining in the early secretory pathway. This unusual architecture probably maximizes efficiency of VSG transport and fidelity in organellar segregation during cytokinesis.


2007 ◽  
Vol 409 (2) ◽  
pp. 555-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satoshi Takida ◽  
Yusuke Maeda ◽  
Taroh Kinoshita

The GPI (glycosylphosphatidylinositol) moiety is attached to newly synthesized proteins in the lumen of the ER (endoplasmic reticulum). The modified proteins are then directed to the PM (plasma membrane). Less well understood is how nascent mammalian GPI-anchored proteins are targeted from the ER to the PM. In the present study, we investigated mechanisms underlying membrane trafficking of the GPI-anchored proteins, focusing on the early secretory pathway. We first established a cell line that stably expresses inducible temperature-sensitive GPI-fused proteins as a reporter and examined roles of transport-vesicle constituents called p24 proteins in the traffic of the GPI-anchored proteins. We selectively suppressed one of the p24 proteins, namely p23, employing RNAi (RNA interference) techniques. The suppression resulted in pronounced delays of PM expression of the GPI-fused reporter proteins. Furthermore, maturation of DAF (decay-accelerating factor), one of the GPI-anchored proteins in mammals, was slowed by the suppression of p23, indicating delayed trafficking of DAF from the ER to the Golgi. Trafficking of non-GPI-linked cargo proteins was barely affected by p23 knockdown. This is the first to demonstrate direct evidence for the transport of mammalian GPI-anchored proteins being mediated by p24 proteins.


2000 ◽  
Vol 113 (6) ◽  
pp. 1043-1057 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Rojo ◽  
G. Emery ◽  
V. Marjomaki ◽  
A.W. McDowall ◽  
R.G. Parton ◽  
...  

In previous studies we have shown that p23, a member of the p24-family of small transmembrane proteins, is highly abundant in membranes of the cis-Golgi network (CGN), and is involved in sorting/trafficking in the early secretory pathway. In the present study, we have further investigated the role of p23 after ectopic expression. We found that ectopically expressed p23 folded and oligomerized properly, even after overexpression. However, in contrast to endogenous p23, exogenous p23 molecules did not localize to the CGN, but induced a significant expansion of characteristic smooth ER membranes, where they accumulated in high amounts. This ER-derived, p23-rich subdomain displayed a highly regular morphology, consisting of tubules and/or cisternae of constant diameter, which were reminiscent of the CGN membranes containing p23 in control cells. The expression of exogenous p23 also led to the specific relocalization of endogenous p23, but not of other proteins, to these specialized ER-derived membranes. Relocalization of p23 modified the ultrastructure of the CGN and Golgi membranes, but did not affect anterograde and retrograde transport reactions to any significant extent. We conclude (i) that p23 has a morphogenic activity that contributes to the morphology of CGN-membranes; and (ii) that the presence of p23 in the CGN is necessary for the proper organization of the Golgi apparatus.


2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saralin Davis ◽  
Susan Ferro-Novick

The GTPase Ypt1, Rab1 in mammals functions on multiple intracellular trafficking pathways. Ypt1 has an established role on the early secretory pathway in targeting coat protein complex II (COPII) coated vesicles to the cis-Golgi. Additionally, Ypt1 functions during the initial stages of macroautophagy, a process of cellular degradation induced during periods of cell stress. In the present study, we discuss the role of Ypt1 and other secretory machinery during macroautophagy, highlighting commonalities between these two pathways.


2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. eaax0821 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaelle Boncompain ◽  
Floriane Herit ◽  
Sarah Tessier ◽  
Aurianne Lescure ◽  
Elaine Del Nery ◽  
...  

Using a cell-based assay monitoring differential protein transport in the secretory pathway coupled to high-content screening, we have identified three molecules that specifically reduce the delivery of the major co-receptor for HIV-1, CCR5, to the plasma membrane. They have no effect on the closely related receptors CCR1 and CXCR4. These molecules are also potent in primary macrophages as they markedly decrease HIV entry. At the molecular level, two of these molecules inhibit the critical palmitoylation of CCR5 and thereby block CCR5 in the early secretory pathway. Our results open a clear therapeutics avenue based on trafficking control and demonstrate that preventing HIV infection can be performed at the level of its receptor delivery.


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