Countercurrent distribution of two distinct SNARE complexes mediating transport within the Golgi stack |
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Authors: | Volchuk Allen Ravazzola Mariella Perrelet Alain Eng William S Di Liberto Maurizio Varlamov Oleg Fukasawa Masayoshi Engel Thomas Söllner Thomas H Rothman James E Orci Lelio |
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Affiliation: | Department of Morphology, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland. |
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Abstract: | Genetic and biochemical evidence has established that a SNARE complex consisting of syntaxin 5 (Sed5)-mYkt6 (Ykt6)-GOS28 (Gos1)-GS15 (Sft1) is required for transport of proteins across the Golgi stack in animals (yeast). We have utilized quantitative immunogold labeling to establish the cis-trans distribution of the v-SNARE GS15 and the t-SNARE subunits GOS28 and syntaxin 5. Whereas the distribution of the t-SNARE is nearly even across the Golgi stack from the cis to the trans side, the v-SNARE GS15 is present in a gradient of increasing concentration toward the trans face of the stack. This contrasts with a second distinct SNARE complex, also required for intra-Golgi transport, consisting of syntaxin 5 (Sed5)-membrin (Bos1)-ERS24 (Sec22)-rBet1 (Bet1), whose v-(rBet1) and t-SNARE subunits (membrin and ERS24), progressively decrease in concentration toward the trans face. Transport within the stack therefore appears to utilize countercurrent gradients of two Golgi SNAREpins and may involve a mechanism akin to homotypic fusion. |
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