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Published online 19 May 2003. doi:10.1083/jcb.200212078
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© The Rockefeller University Press, 0021-9525/2003/5/691 $5.00
The Journal of Cell Biology, Volume 161, Number 4, 691-696


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The Sec1p/Munc18 (SM) protein, Vps45p, cycles on and off membranes during vesicle transport



Nia J. Bryant and David E. James

The Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2010

Address correspondence to David E. James, The Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria St., Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2010. Tel.: 61-2-9295-8210. Fax: 61-2-9295-8201. E-mail: d.james{at}garvan.org.au

Protein phosphatase 1 (PP1, Glc7p) functions in the final stage of SNARE-mediated vesicle transport between docking and fusion. During this process, trans-SNARE complexes, formed between molecules in opposing membranes, convert to cis-complexes, with all participants in the same lipid bilayer. Here, we show that glc7 mutant cells accumulate SNARE complexes. These complexes are clearly different from those found in either wild-type or sec18–1 cells as the Sec1p/Munc18 (SM) protein Vps45p does not bind to them. Given that PP1 controls fusion, the SNARE complexes that accumulate in glc7 mutants likely represent trans-SNARE complexes. Vps45p dissociates from the membrane in the absence of PP1 activity, but rapidly reassociates after its reactivation. These data reveal that SM proteins cycle on and off membranes in a stage-specific manner during the vesicle transport reaction, and suggest that protein phosphorylation plays a key role in the regulation of this cycle.

Key Words: SNAREs; fusion; protein phosphatase 1; docking; membranes


N.J. Bryant's present address is Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Davidson Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK. E-mail: n.bryant{at}bio.gla.ac.uk

* Abbreviations used in this paper: CPY, carboxypeptidase Y; HA, hemagglutinin; PP1, protein phosphatase 1; SM, Sec1p/Munc18.


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