title: AtBS14a and AtBS14b, two Bet1/Sft1-like SNAREs from Arabidopsis thaliana that complement mutations in the yeast SFT1 gene.
abstract: SNAREs are membrane-associated proteins that play a central role in vesicle targeting and intra-cellular membrane fusion reactions in eukaryotic cells. Here we describe the identification of AtBS14a and AtBS14b, putative SNAREs from Arabidopsis thaliana that share 60% amino acid sequence identity. Both AtBS14a and BS14b are dosage suppressors of the temperature-sensitive growth defect in sft1-1 cells and over-expression of either AtBS14a or AtBS14b can support the growth of sft1Delta cells but not bet1Delta cells. These data together with structure-function and biochemical studies presented herein suggest that AtBS14a and AtBS14b share properties that are consistent with them being members of the Bet1/Sft1 SNARE protein family.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, PR China.
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Tai
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Banfield
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D006056:Golgi Apparatus / Q000378:metabolism; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D009154:Mutation; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D050767:Qc-SNARE Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D050600:SNARE Proteins; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013696:Temperature; D014170:Transformation, Genetic; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; C432134:At4g14455 protein, Arabidopsis; C432133:AtBS14a protein, Arabidopsis; C095309:BET1 protein, Zea mays; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D050767:Qc-SNARE Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C094380:SFT1 protein, S cerevisiae; D050600:SNARE Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins