|
|
|
|
A more recent version of this article appeared on January 1, 2004
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Submitted on July 26, 2003
Revised on September 8, 2003
Accepted on September 16, 2003
1 University of Michigan; Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, 830 N. University AVE, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048
* Corresponding author. E-mail address: jessehay{at}umich.edu.
Although some of the principles of SNAP receptor (SNARE) function are well understood, remarkably little detail is known about sec1/munc18 (SM) protein function and its relationship to SNAREs. Popular models of SM protein function hold that these proteins promote or maintain an open and/or monomeric pool of syntaxin molecules available for SNARE complex formation. To address the functional relationship of the mammalian ER/Golgi SM protein rsly1 and its SNARE binding partner syntaxin 5, we produced a conformation-specific mAb that binds only the available, but not the cis-SNARE complexed nor intramolecularly closed form of syntaxin 5. Immunostaining experiments demonstrated that syntaxin 5 SNARE motif availability is nonuniformly distributed and focally regulated. In vitro ER to Golgi transport assays revealed that rsly1 was acutely required for transport, and that binding to syntaxin 5 was absolutely required for its function. Finally, manipulation of rsly1-syntaxin 5 interactions in vivo revealed that they had remarkably little impact on the pool of available syntaxin 5 SNARE motif. Our results argue that although rsly1 does not appear to regulate the availability of syntaxin 5, its function is intimately associated with syntaxin binding, perhaps promoting a later step in SNARE complex formation or function.
This article has been cited by other articles:
![]() |
J. M. McEwen and J. M. Kaplan UNC-18 Promotes Both the Anterograde Trafficking and Synaptic Function of Syntaxin Mol. Biol. Cell, September 1, 2008; 19(9): 3836 - 3846. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
A. Shestakova, E. Suvorova, O. Pavliv, G. Khaidakova, and V. Lupashin Interaction of the conserved oligomeric Golgi complex with t-SNARE Syntaxin5a/Sed5 enhances intra-Golgi SNARE complex stability J. Cell Biol., December 17, 2007; 179(6): 1179 - 1192. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
M. Bentley, Y. Liang, K. Mullen, D. Xu, E. Sztul, and J. C. Hay SNARE Status Regulates Tether Recruitment and Function in Homotypic COPII Vesicle Fusion J. Biol. Chem., December 15, 2006; 281(50): 38825 - 38833. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
L. N. Carpp, L. F. Ciufo, S. G. Shanks, A. Boyd, and N. J. Bryant The Sec1p/Munc18 protein Vps45p binds its cognate SNARE proteins via two distinct modes J. Cell Biol., June 19, 2006; 173(6): 927 - 936. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
Q. Zhang, J. Li, M. Deavers, J. L. Abbruzzese, and L. Ho The Subcellular Localization of Syntaxin 17 Varies Among Different Cell Types and Is Altered in Some Malignant Cells J. Histochem. Cytochem., November 1, 2005; 53(11): 1371 - 1382. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
N. Ballew, Y. Liu, and C. Barlowe A Rab Requirement Is Not Bypassed in SLY1-20 Suppression Mol. Biol. Cell, April 1, 2005; 16(4): 1839 - 1849. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
D. Xu and J. C. Hay Reconstitution of COPII vesicle fusion to generate a pre-Golgi intermediate compartment J. Cell Biol., December 20, 2004; 167(6): 997 - 1003. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||