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© The Rockefeller University Press, 0021-9525/1997//609 $5.00
The Journal of Cell Biology, Volume 137, Number 3, , 1997 609-618


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Transport of a Large Oligomeric Protein by the Cytoplasm to Vacuole Protein Targeting Pathway



John Kim, Sidney V. Scott, Michael N. Oda, and Daniel J. Klionsky

Section of Microbiology, University of California, Davis, California 95616

Aminopeptidase I (API) is transported into the yeast vacuole by the cytoplasm to vacuole targeting (Cvt) pathway. Genetic evidence suggests that autophagy, a major degradative pathway in eukaryotes, and the Cvt pathway share largely the same cellular machinery. To understand the mechanism of the Cvt import process, we examined the native state of API. Dodecameric assembly of precursor API in the cytoplasm and membrane binding were rapid events, whereas subsequent vacuolar import appeared to be rate limiting. A unique temperature-sensitive API-targeting mutant allowed us to kinetically monitor its oligomeric state during translocation. Our findings indicate that API is maintained as a dodecamer throughout its import and will be useful to study the posttranslational movement of folded proteins across biological membranes.


1. Abbreviations used in this paper: ALP, alkaline phosphatase; API, aminopeptidase I; CPY, carboxypeptidase Y; Cvt, cytoplasm to vacuole targeting; ECF, enhanced chemifluorescence; PGK, phosphoglycerate kinase; PrA and PrB, proteinase A and B; SMD, synthetic minimal medium containing 2% glucose, essential amino acids and ammonium sulfate.

Address all correspondence to Daniel J. Klionsky, Section of Microbiology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616. Tel.: (916) 752-0277. Fax: (916) 752-9014.



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