title: Sequential action of two GTPases to promote vacuole docking and fusion.
abstract: Homotypic vacuole fusion occurs by sequential priming, docking and fusion reactions. Priming frees the HOPS complex (Vps 11, 16, 18, 33, 39 and 41) to activate Ypt7p for docking. Here we explore the roles of the GDP and GTP states of Ypt7p using Gdi1p (which extracts Ypt7:GDP), Gyp7p (a GTPase-activating protein for Ypt7p:GTP), GTPgammaS or GppNHp (non-hydrolyzable nucleotides), and mutant forms of Ypt7p that favor either GTP or GDP states. GDP-bound Ypt7p on isolated vacuoles can be extracted by Gdi1p, although only the GTP-bound state allows docking. Ypt7p is converted to the GTP-bound state after priming and stably associates with HOPS. Gyp7p can cause Ypt7p to hydrolyze bound GTP to GDP, driving HOPS release and accelerating Gdi1p-mediated release of Ypt7p. Ypt7p extraction does not inhibit the Ca(2+)-triggered cascade that leads to fusion. However, in the absence of Ypt7p, fusion is still sensitive to GTPgammaS and GppNHp, indicating that there is a second specific GTPase that regulates the calcium flux and hence fusion. Thus, two GTPases sequentially govern vacuole docking and fusion.
authors: Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, 7200 Vail Building, Hanover, NH 03755-3844, USA.
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Eitzen
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Will
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Gallwitz
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Haas
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Wickner
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology; D020013:Calcium Signaling; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D005838:Genotype; D020730:Guanine Nucleotide Dissociation Inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate) / Q000494:pharmacology; D006153:Guanosine Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D006165:Guanylyl Imidodiphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D008561:Membrane Fusion / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011485:Protein Binding; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014617:Vacuoles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D020691:rab GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; C086796:GDP dissociation inhibitor 1; D020730:Guanine Nucleotide Dissociation Inhibitors; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D006153:Guanosine Diphosphate; D006165:Guanylyl Imidodiphosphate; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate); D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; C079005:YPT7 protein, S cerevisiae; D020691:rab GTP-Binding Proteins; D002118:Calcium