Interaction of Sec4 with GDI proteins from bovine brain, Drosophila melanogaster and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Conservation of GDI membrane dissociation activity.
Rab GDP dissociation inhibitor (Rab GDI), will induce the dissociation of GDP-bound rab3A from synaptic membranes and will inhibit GDP dissociation from Sec4, a member of the Rab subgroup of the Ras GTPase superfamily which is required for exocytosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We report that Rab GDI releases GDP-bound Sec4 from yeast membranes. dGDI, a Drosophila homologue can similarly inhibit GDP dissociation from Sec4 and release GDP-bound Sec4 from yeast membranes. An activity partially purified from yeast cytosol dissociates GDP-bound Sec4 from yeast membranes, suggesting that yeast also possess a GDI protein that functions to recycle Sec4 from its target membrane.
Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510.
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Garrett
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Kabcenell
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Zahner
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Kaibuchi
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Cheney
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Novick
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D005656:Fungal Proteins; D020730:Guanine Nucleotide Dissociation Inhibitors; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D062947:rho-Specific Guanine Nucleotide Dissociation Inhibitors; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate); D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; C064320:SEC4 protein, S cerevisiae; D020691:rab GTP-Binding Proteins