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A more recent version of this article appeared on September 1, 2005 Originally published as MBC in Press, 10.1091/mbc.E04-10-0938 on June 27, 2005 Originally published as MBC in Press, 10.1091/mbc.E04-10-0938 on June 24, 2005
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Submitted on October 28, 2004
Revised on June 7, 2005
Accepted on June 15, 2005
The Cell Microscopy Centre, Department of Cell Biology and Institute of Biomembranes, University Medical Centre Utrecht, AZU, 3584CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
Monitoring Editor: Benjamin Glick
The de novo model for Golgi stack biogenesis predicts that membrane exiting the ER at tER sites contains and recruits all the necessary molecules to form a Golgi stack, including the Golgi matrix proteins, p115, GM130 and GRASP65/55. These proteins leave the tER sites faster than Golgi transmembrane resident enzymes suggesting that they act as a template nucleating the formation of the Golgi apparatus. However, the localization of the Golgi Matrix proteins at tER sites is only shown under conditions where exit from the ER is blocked. Here, we show in Drosophila S2 cells, that dGRASP, the single Drosophila homologue of GRASP65/55, localizes both to the Golgi membranes and the tER sites at steady state, and that the myristoylation of glycine 2 is essential for the localization to both compartments. On depletion by RNAi (alone or in combination with dGM130), Golgi stacks are converted into clusters of vesicles and tubules, often featuring single cisternae, but does not lead to the disorganisation of the tER sites or inhibition of anterograde transport. This shows that at least in Drosophila, the structural integrity of the Golgi stacks is not required for efficient transport. Overall, dGRASP exhibits a dynamic association to the membrane of the early exocytic pathway and is necessary for the Golgi stack architecture.
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