title: Functional specialization within a vesicle tethering complex: bypass of a subset of exocyst deletion mutants by Sec1p or Sec4p.
abstract: The exocyst is an octameric protein complex required to tether secretory vesicles to exocytic sites and to retain ER tubules at the apical tip of budded cells. Unlike the other five exocyst genes, SEC3, SEC5, and EXO70 are not essential for growth or secretion when either the upstream activator rab, Sec4p, or the downstream SNARE-binding component, Sec1p, are overproduced. Analysis of the suppressed sec3Delta, sec5Delta, and exo70Delta strains demonstrates that the corresponding proteins confer differential effects on vesicle targeting and ER inheritance. Sec3p and Sec5p are more critical than Exo70p for ER inheritance. Although nonessential under these conditions, Sec3p, Sec5p, and Exo70p are still important for tethering, as in their absence the exocyst is only partially assembled. Sec1p overproduction results in increased SNARE complex levels, indicating a role in assembly or stabilization of SNARE complexes. Furthermore, a fraction of Sec1p can be coprecipitated with the exoycst. Our results suggest that Sec1p couples exocyst-mediated vesicle tethering with SNARE-mediated docking and fusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wiederkehr
authors.forename: Johan-Owen
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: De Craene
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ferro-Novick
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Novick
mesh_terms: D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005089:Exocytosis / Q000502:physiology*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000378:metabolism; D008561:Membrane Fusion / Q000502:physiology; D051938:Munc18 Proteins; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics*; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000502:physiology; D050600:SNARE Proteins; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D022142:Secretory Vesicles / Q000378:metabolism*; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D020691:rab GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C103132:EXO70 protein, S cerevisiae; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D051938:Munc18 Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; C497931:SEC1 protein, S cerevisiae; C103130:SEC3 protein, S cerevisiae; C103131:SEC5 protein, S cerevisiae; D050600:SNARE Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins; C064320:SEC4 protein, S cerevisiae; D020691:rab GTP-Binding Proteins