The HOPS/class C Vps complex tethers membranes by binding to one Rab GTPase in each apposed membrane.
The HOPS/class C Vps complex tethers membranes by binding to one Rab GTPase in each apposed membrane.
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DOI:
10.1091/mbc.e14-04-0922
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发表时间:
2015-07-15
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Stroupe C
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作者:
Ho R;Stroupe C
The HOPS/class C Vps complex, the effector for the yeast vacuolar Rab GTPase Ypt7p, tethers low-curvature membranes by binding to a Rab GTPase in each apposed membrane. This is the first time that the interactions with distinct membranes that give rise to Rab effector–dependent membrane tethering have been identified. Many Rab GTPase effectors are membrane-tethering factors, that is, they physically link two apposed membranes before intracellular membrane fusion. In this study, we investigate the distinct binding factors needed on apposed membranes for Rab effector–dependent tethering. We show that the homotypic fusion and protein-sorting/class C vacuole protein-sorting (HOPS/class C Vps) complex can tether low-curvature membranes, that is, liposomes with a diameter of ∼100 nm, only when the yeast vacuolar Rab GTPase Ypt7p is present in both tethered membranes. When HOPS is phosphorylated by the vacuolar casein kinase I, Yck3p, tethering only takes place when GTP-bound Ypt7p is present in both tethered membranes. When HOPS is not phosphorylated, however, its tethering activity shows little specificity for the nucleotide-binding state of Ypt7p. These results suggest a model for HOPS-mediated tethering in which HOPS tethers membranes by binding to Ypt7p in each of the two tethered membranes. Moreover, because vacuole-associated HOPS is presumably phosphorylated by Yck3p, our results suggest that nucleotide exchange of Ypt7p on multivesicular bodies (MVBs)/late endosomes must take place before HOPS can mediate tethering at vacuoles.