ε-COP is a structural component of coatomer that functions to stabilize α-COP
ε-COP is a structural component of coatomer that functions to stabilize α-COP
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DOI:
10.1093/emboj/17.4.985
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发表时间:
1998-02-16
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影响因子:
11.4
通讯作者:
Schekman, R
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作者:
Duden, R;Kajikawa, L;Schekman, R
We isolated a novel yeast alpha-COP mutant, ret1-3, in which alpha-COP is degraded after cells are shifted to a restrictive temperature, ret1-3 cells cease growth at 28 degrees C and accumulate the ER precursor of carboxypeptidase Y (p1 CPY), In a screen for high copy suppressors of these defects, me isolated the previously unidentified yeast epsilon-COP gene. epsilon-COP (Sec28p) overproduction suppresses the defects of ret1-3 cells up to 34 degrees C, through stabilizing levels of alpha-COP. Surprisingly, cells lacking epsilon-COP (sec28 Delta) grow well up to 34 degrees C and display normal trafficking of carboxypeptidase Y and KKXX-tagged proteins at a permissive temperature, epsilon-COP is thus non-essential for yeast cell growth, but sec28 Delta cells are thermosensitive, In sec28 Delta cells shifted to 37 degrees C, wild-type alpha-COP (Ret1p) levels diminish rapidly and cells accumulate p1 CPY these defects can be suppressed by alpha-COP overproduction. Mutant coatomer from sec28 Delta cells behaves as an unusually large protein complex in gel filtration experiments, The sec28 Delta mutation displays allele-specific synthetic-lethal interactions with alpha-COP mutations: sec28 Delta ret1-3 double mutants are unviable at all temperatures, whereas sec28 Delta ret1-1 double mutants grow well up to 30 degrees C, Our results suggest that a function of epsilon-COP is to stabilize alpha-COP and the coatomer complex.