title: Identification of a mammalian Golgi Sec1p-like protein, mVps45.
abstract: Our understanding of lysosomal biogenesis and general vesicular transport in animal cells has been greatly enhanced by studies of vacuolar biogenesis in yeast. Genetic screens have identified a number of proteins that play direct roles in the proper sorting of vacuolar hydrolases. These include t-SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor) proteins and Sec1p-like proteins, which have recently been implicated as key regulators of vesicle fusion. In this study we have extended these observations in yeast and have isolated and characterized a novel member of the Sec1p-like family of proteins from mammalian cells, mVps45. mVps45 shares a high level of identity with the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Sec1p-like protein Vps45p that is believed to function with the t-SNARE Pep12p in the fusion of Golgi-derived transport vesicles with a prevacuolar compartment. We found that mVps45 is a ubiquitously expressed peripheral membrane protein that localized to perinuclear Golgi-like and trans-Golgi network compartments in Chinese hamster ovary cells. We found that mVps45 could bind specifically to yeast Pep12p and to the mammalian Pep12p-like protein, syntaxin 6, in vitro.
authors.affiliation: Center for Molecular Biology, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Tellam
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Piper
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001692:Biological Transport; D016466:CHO Cells; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006224:Cricetinae; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D015870:Gene Expression; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D006056:Golgi Apparatus / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008561:Membrane Fusion; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051938:Munc18 Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010802:Phylogeny; D011485:Protein Binding; D050765:Qa-SNARE Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D050600:SNARE Proteins; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D014617:Vacuoles / Q000378:metabolism*; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051938:Munc18 Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; C081224:PEP12 protein, S cerevisiae; D050765:Qa-SNARE Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C497931:SEC1 protein, S cerevisiae; D050600:SNARE Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C092934:VPS45 protein, S cerevisiae; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins