title: The Saccharomyces cerevisiae v-SNARE Vti1p is required for multiple membrane transport pathways to the vacuole.
abstract: The interaction between v-SNAREs on transport vesicles and t-SNAREs on target membranes is required for membrane traffic in eukaryotic cells. Here we identify Vti1p as the first v-SNARE protein found to be required for biosynthetic traffic into the yeast vacuole, the equivalent of the mammalian lysosome. Certain vti1-ts yeast mutants are defective in alkaline phosphatase transport from the Golgi to the vacuole and in targeting of aminopeptidase I from the cytosol to the vacuole. VTI1 interacts genetically with the vacuolar t-SNARE VAM3, which is required for transport of both alkaline phosphatase and aminopeptidase I to the vacuole. The v-SNARE Nyv1p forms a SNARE complex with Vam3p in homotypic vacuolar fusion; however, we find that Nyv1p is not required for any of the three biosynthetic pathways to the vacuole. v-SNAREs were thought to ensure specificity in membrane traffic. However, Vti1p also functions in two additional membrane traffic pathways: Vti1p interacts with the t-SNAREs Pep12p in traffic from the TGN to the prevacuolar compartment and with Sed5p in retrograde traffic to the cis-Golgi. The ability of Vti1p to mediate multiple fusion steps requires additional proteins to ensure specificity in membrane traffic.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1229, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fischer von Mollard
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Stevens
mesh_terms: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism; D000626:Aminopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism; D001692:Biological Transport; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006056:Golgi Apparatus / Q000378:metabolism; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D050765:Qa-SNARE Proteins; D050766:Qb-SNARE Proteins; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014617:Vacuoles / Q000378:metabolism*; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D050765:Qa-SNARE Proteins; D050766:Qb-SNARE Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C107706:VAM3 protein, S cerevisiae; C106736:VTI1 protein, S cerevisiae; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D000626:Aminopeptidases; C019689:APE1 protein, S cerevisiae