Drs2p-dependent formation of exocytic clathrin-coated vesicles in vivo

Autor: Walter E. Gall, Zhaolin Hua, Nathan C Geething, Sophie I Chen, Ke Liu, Michael F. Ingram, Todd R. Graham
Rok vydání: 2002
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Zdroj: Current biology : CB. 12(18)
ISSN: 0960-9822
Popis: The small GTP binding protein ARF has been implicated in budding clathrin-coated vesicles (CCVs) from Golgi and endosomal membranes. An arf1 synthetic lethal screen identified DRS2/SWA3 along with a clathrin heavy-chain conditional allele ( chc1-5/swa5-1 ) and SWA2 , encoding the yeast auxilin-like protein involved in uncoating CCVs [1–3]. Drs2p/Swa3p is a P-type ATPase and a potential aminophospholipid translocase that localizes to the trans -Golgi network (TGN) in yeast. Genetic and phenotypic analyses of drs2Δ mutants suggested that Drs2p was required for clathrin function [1, 4]. To address a potential role for Drs2p in CCV formation from the TGN in vivo, we have performed epistasis analyses between drs2 and mutations that cause accumulation of distinct populations of post-Golgi vesicles. We find that Drs2p is required to form a specific class of secretory vesicles that accumulate when the actin cytoskeleton is disrupted. Accumulation of these vesicles also requires clathrin and is perturbed by mutation of AP-1, but not AP-2, AP-3, or GGA adaptins. Most of the accumulated vesicles are uncoated; however, clathrin coats can be partially stabilized on these vesicles by deletion of SWA2 . These data provide the first in vivo evidence for an integral membrane protein requirement in forming CCVs.
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