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Won KH, Kim H. Functions of the Plant Qbc SNARE SNAP25 in Cytokinesis and Biotic and Abiotic Stress Responses. Mol Cells 2020; 43:313-322. [PMID: 32274918 PMCID: PMC7191049 DOI: 10.14348/molcells.2020.2245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2019] [Revised: 03/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Eukaryotes transport biomolecules between intracellular organelles and between cells and the environment via vesicle trafficking. Soluble N -ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptors (SNARE proteins) play pivotal roles in vesicle and membrane trafficking. These proteins are categorized as Qa, Qb, Qc, and R SNAREs and form a complex that induces vesicle fusion for targeting of vesicle cargos. As the core components of the SNARE complex, the SNAP25 Qbc SNAREs perform various functions related to cellular homeostasis. The Arabidopsis thaliana SNAP25 homolog AtSNAP33 interacts with Qa and R SNAREs and plays a key role in cytokinesis and in triggering innate immune responses. However, other Arabidopsis SNAP25 homologs, such as AtSNAP29 and AtSNAP30, are not well studied; this includes their localization, interactions, structures, and functions. Here, we discuss three biological functions of plant SNAP25 orthologs in the context of AtSNAP33 and highlight recent findings on SNAP25 orthologs in various plants. We propose future directions for determining the roles of the less well-characterized AtSNAP29 and AtSNAP30 proteins.
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- Kang-Hee Won
- Department of Biological Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea
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Intracellular membrane fusion is mediated by the SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor) proteins that are highly conserved and tightly regulated by a variety of factors. The exocyst complex is one of the multi-subunit tethering complexes and functions in the tethering of the secretory vesicles to the plasma membrane. We have found that the yeast Sec3, a subunit of the exocyst, binds to the t-SNARE protein Sso2 and promotes its interaction with another t-SNARE protein, Sec9. Here, we describe the structural analysis and in vitro membrane fusion assays, by which we found that Sec3 binding leads to a conformational change within Sso2, and facilitates SNARE assembly and the membrane fusion.
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- Kunrong Mei
- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Zhang J, Huang Y, Chen J, Zhu H, Whiteheart SW. Dynamic cycling of t-SNARE acylation regulates platelet exocytosis. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:3593-3606. [PMID: 29352103 PMCID: PMC5846156 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra117.000140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2017] [Revised: 01/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Platelets regulate vascular integrity by secreting a host of molecules that promote hemostasis and its sequelae. Given the importance of platelet exocytosis, it is critical to understand how it is controlled. The t-SNAREs, SNAP-23 and syntaxin-11, lack classical transmembrane domains (TMDs), yet both are associated with platelet membranes and redistributed into cholesterol-dependent lipid rafts when platelets are activated. Using metabolic labeling and hydroxylamine (HA)/HCl treatment, we showed that both contain thioester-linked acyl groups. Mass spectrometry mapping further showed that syntaxin-11 was modified on cysteine 275, 279, 280, 282, 283, and 285, and SNAP-23 was modified on cysteine 79, 80, 83, 85, and 87. Interestingly, metabolic labeling studies showed incorporation of [3H]palmitate into the t-SNAREs increased although the protein levels were unchanged, suggesting that acylation turns over on the two t-SNAREs in resting platelets. Exogenously added fatty acids did compete with [3H]palmitate for t-SNARE labeling. To determine the effects of acylation, we measured aggregation, ADP/ATP release, as well as P-selectin exposure in platelets treated with the acyltransferase inhibitor cerulenin or the thioesterase inhibitor palmostatin B. We found that cerulenin pretreatment inhibited t-SNARE acylation and platelet function in a dose- and time-dependent manner whereas palmostatin B had no detectable effect. Interestingly, pretreatment with palmostatin B blocked the inhibitory effects of cerulenin, suggesting that maintaining the acylation state is important for platelet function. Thus, our work shows that t-SNARE acylation is actively cycling in platelets and suggests that the enzymes regulating protein acylation could be potential targets to control platelet exocytosis in vivo.
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- Jinchao Zhang
- From the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky 40536
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- From the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky 40536
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- From the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky 40536
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- From the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky 40536
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- From the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky 40536
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Wang P, Zhang X, Ma X, Sun Y, Liu N, Li F, Hou Y. Identification of CkSNAP33, a gene encoding synaptosomal-associated protein from Cynanchum komarovii, that enhances Arabidopsis resistance to Verticillium dahliae. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0178101. [PMID: 28575006 PMCID: PMC5456056 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2017] [Accepted: 05/07/2017] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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SNARE proteins are essential to vesicle trafficking and membrane fusion in eukaryotic cells. In addition, the SNARE-mediated secretory pathway can deliver diverse defense products to infection sites during exocytosis-associated immune responses in plants. In this study, a novel gene (CkSNAP33) encoding a synaptosomal-associated protein was isolated from Cynanchum komarovii and characterized. CkSNAP33 contains Qb- and Qc-SNARE domains in the N- and C-terminal regions, respectively, and shares high sequence identity with AtSNAP33 from Arabidopsis. CkSNAP33 expression was induced by H2O2, salicylic acid (SA), Verticillium dahliae, and wounding. Arabidopsis lines overexpressing CkSNAP33 had longer primary roots and larger seedlings than the wild type (WT). Transgenic Arabidopsis lines showed significantly enhanced resistance to V. dahliae, and displayed reductions in disease index and fungal biomass, and also showed elevated expression of PR1 and PR5. The leaves of transgenic plants infected with V. dahliae showed strong callose deposition and cell death that hindered the penetration and spread of the fungus at the infection site. Taken together, these results suggest that CkSNAP33 is involved in the defense response against V. dahliae and enhanced disease resistance in Arabidopsis.
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- Ping Wang
- College of Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
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- College of Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- College of Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- College of Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, China
- * E-mail: (FL); (YH)
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- College of Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- * E-mail: (FL); (YH)
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Horchani H, de Saint-Jean M, Barelli H, Antonny B. Interaction of the Spo20 membrane-sensor motif with phosphatidic acid and other anionic lipids, and influence of the membrane environment. PLoS One 2014; 9:e113484. [PMID: 25426975 PMCID: PMC4245137 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2014] [Accepted: 10/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The yeast protein Spo20 contains a regulatory amphipathic motif that has been suggested to recognize phosphatidic acid, a lipid involved in signal transduction, lipid metabolism and membrane fusion. We have investigated the interaction of the Spo20 amphipathic motif with lipid membranes using a bioprobe strategy that consists in appending this motif to the end of a long coiled-coil, which can be coupled to a GFP reporter for visualization in cells. The resulting construct is amenable to in vitro and in vivo experiments and allows unbiased comparison between amphipathic helices of different chemistry. In vitro, the Spo20 bioprobe responded to small variations in the amount of phosphatidic acid. However, this response was not specific. The membrane binding of the probe depended on the presence of phosphatidylethanolamine and also integrated the contribution of other anionic lipids, including phosphatidylserine and phosphatidyl-inositol-(4,5)bisphosphate. Inverting the sequence of the Spo20 motif neither affected the ability of the probe to interact with anionic liposomes nor did it modify its cellular localization, making a stereo-specific mode of phosphatidic acid recognition unlikely. Nevertheless, the lipid binding properties and the cellular localization of the Spo20 alpha-helix differed markedly from that of another amphipathic motif, Amphipathic Lipid Packing Sensor (ALPS), suggesting that even in the absence of stereo specific interactions, amphipathic helices can act as subcellular membrane targeting determinants in a cellular context.
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- Habib Horchani
- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis et CNRS, Valbonne, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis et CNRS, Valbonne, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis et CNRS, Valbonne, France
- * E-mail: (HB); (BA)
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis et CNRS, Valbonne, France
- * E-mail: (HB); (BA)
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Ferraz-Nogueira JP, Díez-Guerra FJ, Llopis J. Visualization of phosphatidic acid fluctuations in the plasma membrane of living cells. PLoS One 2014; 9:e102526. [PMID: 25025521 PMCID: PMC4099201 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2014] [Accepted: 06/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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We developed genetically-encoded fluorescent sensors based on Förster Resonance Energy Transfer to monitor phosphatidic acid (PA) fluctuations in the plasma membrane using Spo20 as PA-binding motif. Basal PA levels and phospholipase D activity varied in different cell types. In addition, stimuli that activate PA phosphatases, leading to lower PA levels, increased lamellipodia and filopodia formation. Lower PA levels were observed in the leading edge than in the trailing edge of migrating HeLa cells. In MSC80 and OLN93 cells, which are stable cell lines derived from Schwann cells and oligodendrocytes, respectively, a higher ratio of diacylglycerol to PA levels was demonstrated in the membrane processes involved in myelination, compared to the cell body. We propose that the PA sensors reported here are valuable tools to unveil the role of PA in a variety of intracellular signaling pathways.
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- José P. Ferraz-Nogueira
- Centro Regional de Investigaciones Biomédicas and Facultad de Medicina de Albacete, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain,
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa and Departamento de Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro Regional de Investigaciones Biomédicas and Facultad de Medicina de Albacete, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain,
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Su Z, Ishitsuka Y, Ha T, Shin YK. The SNARE complex from yeast is partially unstructured on the membrane. Structure 2008; 16:1138-46. [PMID: 18611386 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2008.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2008] [Revised: 03/03/2008] [Accepted: 03/22/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Molecular recognition between cognate SNAREs leads to the formation of a four-helix bundle, which facilitates vesicle docking and membrane fusion. For a SNARE system involved in trafficking in yeast, target membrane (t-) SNARE Sso1p and vesicle associated (v-) SNARE Snc2p contribute one SNARE motif each, whereas another t-SNARE (Sec9) donates two N-terminal and C-terminal SNARE motifs (SN1 and SN2) to the helical bundle. By use of EPR, it is found that SN2 has a tendency to be uncoiled, leaving a significant population of the SNARE complexes to be partially unstructured on the membrane. In sharp contrast, SN2 is fully engaged in the four-helix bundle when removed from the membrane, showing that the membrane is the main destabilizing factor. Helix-breaking proline mutations in SN2 did not affect the rate of docking but reduced the rate of lipid mixing significantly, indicating that SN2 plays an essential role in activating the transition from docking to fusion.
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- Zengliu Su
- Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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Liu S, Wilson KA, Rice-Stitt T, Neiman AM, McNew JA. In vitro fusion catalyzed by the sporulation-specific t-SNARE light-chain Spo20p is stimulated by phosphatidic acid. Traffic 2007; 8:1630-43. [PMID: 17714435 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2007.00628.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Sec9p and Spo20p are two SNAP25 family SNARE proteins specialized for different developmental stages in yeast. Sec9p interacts with Sso1/2p and Snc1/2p to mediate intracellular trafficking between post-Golgi vesicles and the plasma membrane during vegetative growth. Spo20p replaces Sec9p in the generation of prospore membranes during sporulation. The function of Spo20p requires enzymatically active Spo14p, which is a phosphatidylcholine (PC)-specific phospholipase D that hydrolyzes PC to generate phosphatidic acid (PA). Phosphatidic acid is required to localize Spo20p properly during sporulation; however, it seems to have additional roles that are not fully understood. Here we compared the fusion mediated by all combinations of the Sec9p or Spo20p C-terminal domains with Sso1p/Sso2p and Snc1p/Snc2p. Our results show that Spo20p forms a less efficient SNARE complex than Sec9p. The combination of Sso2p/Spo20c is the least fusogenic t-SNARE complex. Incorporation of PA in the lipid bilayer stimulates SNARE-mediated membrane fusion by all t-SNARE complexes, likely by decreasing the energetic barrier during membrane merger. This effect may allow the weak SNARE complex containing Spo20p to function during sporulation. In addition, PA can directly interact with the juxtamembrane region of Sso1p, which contributes to the stimulatory effects of PA on membrane fusion. Our results suggest that the fusion strength of SNAREs, the composition of organelle lipids and lipid-SNARE interactions may be coordinately regulated to control the rate and specificity of membrane fusion.
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- Song Liu
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, 6100 Main Street MS-140, Houston, TX 77251-1892, USA
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SNARE proteins direct membrane fusion events required for platelet granule secretion. These proteins are oriented in cell membranes such that most of the protein resides in a cytosolic compartment. Evaluation of SNARE protein localization in activated platelets using immunonanogold staining and electron microscopy, however, demonstrated expression of SNAP-23 and syntaxin-2 on the extracellular surface of the platelet plasma membrane. Flow cytometry of intact platelets confirmed trypsin-sensitive SNAP-23 and syntaxin-2 localization to the extracellular surface of the plasma membrane. Acyl-protein thioesterase 1 and botulinum toxin C light chain released SNAP-23 and syntaxin-2, respectively, from the surface of intact platelets. When resting platelets were incubated with both acyl-protein thioesterase 1 and botulinum toxin C light chain, a complex that included both SNAP-23 and syntaxin-2 was detected in supernatants, indicating that extracellular SNARE proteins retain their ability to bind one another. These observations represent the first description of SNARE proteins on the extracellular surface of a cell.
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- Robert Flaumenhaft
- Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Hattendorf DA, Andreeva A, Gangar A, Brennwald PJ, Weis WI. Structure of the yeast polarity protein Sro7 reveals a SNARE regulatory mechanism. Nature 2007; 446:567-71. [PMID: 17392788 DOI: 10.1038/nature05635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2006] [Accepted: 01/29/2007] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Polarized exocytosis requires coordination between the actin cytoskeleton and the exocytic machinery responsible for fusion of secretory vesicles at specific sites on the plasma membrane. Fusion requires formation of a complex between a vesicle-bound R-SNARE and plasma membrane Qa, Qb and Qc SNARE proteins. Proteins in the lethal giant larvae protein family, including lethal giant larvae and tomosyn in metazoans and Sro7 in yeast, interact with Q-SNAREs and are emerging as key regulators of polarized exocytosis. The crystal structure of Sro7 reveals two seven-bladed WD40 beta-propellers followed by a 60-residue-long 'tail', which is bound to the surface of the amino-terminal propeller. Deletion of the Sro7 tail enables binding to the Qbc SNARE region of Sec9 and this interaction inhibits SNARE complex assembly. The N-terminal domain of Sec9 provides a second, high-affinity Sro7 interaction that is unaffected by the tail. The results suggest that Sro7 acts as an allosteric regulator of exocytosis through interactions with factors that control the tail. Sequence alignments indicate that lethal giant larvae and tomosyn have a two-beta-propeller fold similar to that of Sro7, but only tomosyn appears to retain the regulatory tail.
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- Douglas A Hattendorf
- Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 299 Campus Drive West, Stanford, California 94305-5126, USA
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Lee SA, Kovacs J, Stahelin RV, Cheever ML, Overduin M, Gangi Setty T, Burd CG, Cho W, Kutateladze TG. Molecular mechanism of membrane docking by the Vam7p PX domain. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:37091-101. [PMID: 16984909 PMCID: PMC1838524 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m608610200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The Vam7p t-SNARE is an essential component of the vacuole fusion machinery that mediates membrane trafficking and protein sorting in yeast. Vam7p is recruited to vacuoles by its N-terminal PX domain that specifically recognizes PtdIns(3)P in the bilayers, however the precise mechanism of membrane anchoring remains unclear. Here we describe a molecular basis for membrane targeting and penetration by the Vam7p PX domain based on structural and quantitative analysis of its interactions with lipids and micelles. Our results derived from in vitro binding measurements using NMR, monolayer surface tension experiments and mutagenesis reveal a multivalent membrane docking mechanism involving specific PtdIns(3)P recognition that is facilitated by electrostatic interactions and accompanying hydrophobic insertion. Both the hydrophobic and electrostatic components enhance the Vam7p PX domain association with PtdIns(3)P-containing membranes. The inserting Val(70), Leu(71), and Trp(75) residues located next to the PtdIns(3)P binding pocket are surrounded by a basic patch, which is involved in nonspecific electrostatic contacts with acidic lipids, such as PtdSer. Substitution of the insertion residues significantly reduces the binding and penetrating power of the Vam7p PX domain and leads to cytoplasmic redistribution of the EGFP-tagged protein. The affinities of the PX domain for PtdIns(3)P and other lipids reveal a remarkable synergy within the multivalent complex that stably anchors Vam7p at the vacuolar membrane.
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- Stephanie A. Lee
- From the Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, Colorado 80045
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- From the Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, Colorado 80045
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine-South Bend and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the Walther Center for Cancer Research, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana 46617
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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- CR-UK Institute for Cancer Studies, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2T, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607
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- From the Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, Colorado 80045
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Phosphoinositides (PIs) are concentrated in specific subcellular membranes in order to recruit and regulate cytosolic proteins responsible for vesicular trafficking, cytoskeletal rearrangement, and eukaryotic cell growth, differentiation, and survival. Phox homology (PX) domains are found in proteins that are integral players in endocytic pathways. For example, Vam7p is targeted by its PX domain to phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate [PtdIns(3)P] in the yeast vacuole, where it interacts with other SNARE proteins and GTPases of the vesicular membrane fusion machinery. Although several PX structures have been solved, the role of dynamics in their interactions with membrane lipids is unclear. Here, we present the first detailed characterization of the backbone dynamics of a PX domain, that of Vam7p, in the presence and absence of its ligand. The structure appears to tumble more rapidly in solution upon binding PtdIns(3)P, revealing a conformational change that includes adjustments in the flexible membrane insertion loop (MIL). The flexibilities of the MIL and domain termini are pronounced in both states, while the alpha1 and alpha2 helices are rigid. Dynamic effects are spread across the binding pocket, with PtdIns(3)P inducing altered mobility of different residues on multiple timescales, including a shift in the MIL to slower timescale motions. The bound state is more dynamic overall, particularly in the beta-sheet lobe, which packs against the ligand's 3-phosphate. Thus, the induced dynamic and structural effects are transduced from the buried heart of the binding pocket in the helical lobe through the beta-sheet lobe to the exposed surface of the bilayer-inserted protein.
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- Matthew L Cheever
- Molecular Biology Program, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, 80045, USA
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The high-throughput deposition of recombinant proteins on chips, beads or biosensor devices would be greatly facilitated by the implementation of self-assembly concepts. DNA-directed immobilization via conjugation of proteins to an oligonucleotide would be preeminently suited for this purpose. Here, we present a unique method to attach a single DNA address to proteins in one step during the purification from the E. coli lysate by fusion to human O6-alkylguanine-DNA-alkyltransferase (SNAP-tag) and the Avitag. Use of the conjugates in converting a DNA chip into a protein chip by self assembly is demonstrated.
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Siddiqi SA, Siddiqi S, Mahan J, Peggs K, Gorelick FS, Mansbach CM. The identification of a novel endoplasmic reticulum to Golgi SNARE complex used by the prechylomicron transport vesicle. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:20974-20982. [PMID: 16735505 PMCID: PMC2833420 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m601401200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Dietary long chain fatty acids are absorbed in the intestine, esterified to triacylglycerol, and packaged in the unique lipoprotein of the intestine, the chylomicron. The rate-limiting step in the transit of chylomicrons through the enterocyte is the exit of chylomicrons from the endoplasmic reticulum in prechylomicron transport vesicles (PCTV) that transport chylomicrons to the cis-Golgi. Because chylomicrons are 250 nm in average diameter and lipid absorption is intermittent, we postulated that a unique SNARE pairing would be utilized to fuse PCTV with their target membrane, cis-Golgi. PCTV loaded with [(3)H]triacylglycerol were incubated with cis-Golgi and were separated from the Golgi by a sucrose step gradient. PCTV-chylomicrons acquire apolipoprotein-AI (apoAI) only after fusion with the Golgi. PCTV became isodense with Golgi upon incubation and were considered fused when their cargo chylomicrons acquired apoAI but docked when they did not. PCTV, docked with cis-Golgi, were solubilized in 2% Triton X-100, and proteins were immunoprecipitated using VAMP7 or rBet1 antibodies. In both cases, a 112-kDa complex was identified in nonboiled samples that dissociated upon boiling. The constituents of the complex were VAMP7, syntaxin 5, vti1a, and rBet1. Antibodies to each SNARE component significantly inhibited fusion of PCTV with cis-Golgi. Membrin, Sec22b, and Ykt6 were not found in the 112-kDa complex. We conclude that the PCTV-cis-Golgi SNARE complex is composed of VAMP7, syntaxin 5, Bet1, and vti1a.
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- Shadab A Siddiqi
- Division of Gastroenterology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163
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- Division of Gastroenterology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163
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- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38104
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- Division of Gastroenterology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163
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- Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Healthcare, New Haven, Connecticut 06516; Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06516
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- Division of Gastroenterology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163; Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38104.
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Holt M, Varoqueaux F, Wiederhold K, Takamori S, Urlaub H, Fasshauer D, Jahn R. Identification of SNAP-47, a novel Qbc-SNARE with ubiquitous expression. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:17076-17083. [PMID: 16621800 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m513838200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
The SNARE proteins are essential components of the intracellular fusion machinery. It is thought that they form a tight four-helix complex between membranes, in effect initiating fusion. Most SNAREs contain a single coiled-coil region, referred to as the SNARE motif, directly adjacent to a single transmembrane domain. The neuronal SNARE SNAP-25 defines a subfamily of SNARE proteins with two SNARE helices connected by a longer linker, comprising also the proteins SNAP-23 and SNAP-29. We now report the initial characterization of a novel vertebrate homologue termed SNAP-47. Northern blot and immunoblot analysis revealed ubiquitous tissue distribution, with particularly high levels in nervous tissue. In neurons, SNAP-47 shows a widespread distribution on intracellular membranes and is also enriched in synaptic vesicle fractions. In vitro, SNAP-47 substituted for SNAP-25 in SNARE complex formation with the neuronal SNAREs syntaxin 1a and synaptobrevin 2, and it also substituted for SNAP-25 in proteoliposome fusion. However, neither complex assembly nor fusion was as efficient as with SNAP-25.
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Affiliation(s)
- Matthew Holt
- Department of Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Group, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
| | - Reinhard Jahn
- Department of Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
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Abstract
Assembly of cognate SNARE proteins into SNARE complexes is required for many intracellular membrane fusion reactions. However, the mechanisms that govern SNARE complex assembly and disassembly during fusion are not well understood. We have devised a new in vitro cross-linking assay to monitor SNARE complex assembly during fusion of endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-derived vesicles with Golgi-acceptor membranes. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, anterograde ER-Golgi transport requires four SNARE proteins: Sec22p, Bos1p, Bet1p, and Sed5p. After tethering of ER-derived vesicles to Golgi-acceptor membranes, SNARE proteins are thought to assemble into a four-helix coiled-coil bundle analogous to the structurally characterized neuronal and endosomal SNARE complexes. Molecular modeling was used to generate a structure of the four-helix ER-Golgi SNARE complex. Based on this structure, cysteine residues were introduced into adjacent SNARE proteins such that disulfide bonds would form if assembled into a SNARE complex. Our initial studies focused on disulfide bond formation between the SNARE motifs of Bet1p and Sec22p. Expression of SNARE cysteine derivatives in the same strain produced a cross-linked heterodimer of Bet1p and Sec22p under oxidizing conditions. Moreover, this Bet1p-Sec22p heterodimer formed during in vitro transport reactions when ER-derived vesicles containing the Bet1p derivative fused with Golgi membranes containing the Sec22p derivative. Using this disulfide cross-linking assay, we show that inhibition of transport with anti-Sly1p antibodies blocked formation of the Bet1p-Sec22p heterodimer. In contrast, chelation of divalent cations did not inhibit formation of the Bet1p-Sec22p heterodimer during in vitro transport but potently inhibited Golgi-specific carbohydrate modification of glyco-pro-alpha factor. This data suggests that Ca(2+) is not directly required for membrane fusion between ER-derived vesicles and Golgi-acceptor membranes.
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Affiliation(s)
- John J Flanagan
- Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
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