title: Identification of a beta-type adaptin in plant clathrin-coated vesicles.
abstract: Plant clathrin-coated vesicles (CCV), suitably protected against proteolysis, were isolated from zucchini hypocotyls, and screened for the presence of adaptin-like polypeptides using monoclonal antibodies prepared against alpha, beta(beta') and gamma-adaptins of bovine brain. An immunoreactive polypeptide in plant CCV was only detected in the case of the beta(beta')-adaptin antibody. This polypeptide has a molecular mass of 108 kDa in SDS-PAGE, and gives rise to a major cleavage product of 70 kDa after proteolysis with trypsin. Gel filtration of 0.75 M MgCl2-dissociated coat proteins showed that the plant beta(beta')-type adaptin eluted with other polypeptides in a manner similar to the adaptor complexes of brain CCV. Upon subsequent hydroxyapatite chromatography the immunoreactive polypeptide eluted in fractions corresponding to Golgi (HA-I) rather than plasma membrane (HA-II) brain adaptor complexes. In addition, this polypeptide did not shift to a higher molecular mass when subjected to urea-SDS-PAGE. Confirmation of the presence of a beta-type adaptin in plants was provided by dot and Southern blotting experiments using genomic DNA from zucchini hypocotyls and a beta-adaptin cDNA clone from human fibroblasts.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Cytologie des Pflanzenphysiologischen Instituts, Universität Göttingen, FRG.
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Holstein
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Drucker
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Robinson
mesh_terms: D033966:Adaptor Protein Complex beta Subunits; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D002417:Cattle; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid; D003034:Coated Pits, Cell-Membrane / Q000737:chemistry*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D011506:Proteins / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D033966:Adaptor Protein Complex beta Subunits; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D010940:Plant Proteins; D011506:Proteins