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V-ATPase is a major component of the Golgi complex in the scaly green flagellate Scherffelia dubia
Authors:Grunow A  Rüsing M  Becker B  Melkonian M
Affiliation:Botanisches Institut, Lehrstuhl l, Universität zu Köln, Gyrhofstr. 15, D - 50931 Köln, Germany
Abstract:Highly purified membranes isolated from the Golgi complex of the scaly green flagellate Scherffelia dubia (Chlorophyta) were subjected to Triton X-114 two-phase partitioning. Proteins in the detergent phase were analyzed by 2D gel electrophoresis and a major protein of 66 kD (p66) was N-terminally sequenced. The complete cDNA sequence of p66 was obtained by 3' RACE-PCR and screening of a cDNA library of S. dubia with a PCR probe derived from the 3' RACE. Sequence analysis of the cDNA clone identified p66 as subunit A of V-ATPase. Other major proteins in the isolated Golgi complex were immunoreactive to heterologous antibodies raised against subunit B or the holoenzyme of V-ATPase. A polyclonal (anti-p66) antibody raised against a recombinant, bacterially expressed p66 fusion protein recognized p66 in the isolated Golgi complex in western blots and localized the antigen by immunogold electron microscopy mostly to the scale reticulum but also to the Golgi stack within the Golgi complex. Concanamycin A-sensitive (but bafilomycin A1-insensitive) ATPase activity was present in the isolated Golgi complex, and monensin at 0.5-1 microM reversibly inhibited flagellar regeneration and resulted in swelling of Golgi cisternae. It is concluded that a functional V-ATPase is a major protein of the Golgi complex in S. dubia and is presumably associated with sorting processes at the endocytotic/exocytotic boundary of the Golgi complex.
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