title: Binding of ARF and beta-COP to Golgi membranes: possible regulation by a trimeric G protein.
abstract: The binding of cytosolic coat proteins to organelles may regulate membrane structure and traffic. Evidence is presented that a small guanosine triphosphate (GTP)-binding protein, the adenosine diphosphate ribosylation factor (ARF), reversibly associates with the Golgi apparatus in an energy, GTP, and fungal metabolite brefeldin A (BFA)-sensitive manner similar to, but distinguishable from, the 110-kilodalton cytosolic coat protein beta-COP. Addition of beta gamma subunits of G proteins inhibited the association of both ARF and beta-COP with Golgi membranes that occurred upon incubation with guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) (GTP-gamma-S). Thus, heterotrimeric G proteins may function to regulate the assembly of coat proteins onto the Golgi membrane.
authors.affiliation: Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Donaldson
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kahn
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lippincott-Schwartz
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Klausner
mesh_terms: D020727:ADP-Ribosylation Factors; D000535:Aluminum / Q000494:pharmacology; D017607:Aluminum Compounds; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D020126:Brefeldin A; D016466:CHO Cells; D020756:Coatomer Protein; D006224:Cricetinae; D003517:Cyclopentanes / Q000494:pharmacology; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism; D005459:Fluorides / Q000494:pharmacology; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006056:Golgi Apparatus / Q000378:metabolism*; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate) / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D017607:Aluminum Compounds; D020756:Coatomer Protein; D003517:Cyclopentanes; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D020126:Brefeldin A; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate); D000535:Aluminum; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D020727:ADP-Ribosylation Factors; D005459:Fluorides; C032311:aluminum fluoride