Identification of rabaptin-5, rabex-5, and GM130 as putative effectors of rab33b, a regulator of retrograde traffic between the Golgi apparatus and ER.

The role of rab33b, a Golgi-specific rab protein, was investigated. Microinjection of rab33b mutants stabilised in the GTP-specific state resulted in a marked inhibition of anterograde transport within the Golgi and in the recycling of glycosyltransferases from the Golgi to the ER, respectively. A GST-rab33b fusion protein stabilised in its ...
GTP form was found to interact by Western blotting or mass spectroscopy with Golgi protein GM130 and rabaptin-5 and rabex-5, two rab effector molecules thought to function exclusively in the endocytic pathway. A similar binding was seen to rab1 but not to rab6, both Golgi rabs. In contrast, rab5 was as expected, shown to bind rabaptin-5 and rabex-5 as well as the endosomal effector protein EEA1 but not GM130. No binding of EEA1 was seen to any of the Golgi rabs.
Mesh Terms:
Animals, Autoantigens, Biological Transport, Active, Blotting, Western, Brain, Cattle, Cytosol, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Golgi Apparatus, Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors, Guanosine Triphosphate, Hela Cells, Humans, Intracellular Fluid, Liver, Mass Spectrometry, Membrane Glycoproteins, Membrane Proteins, Mutation, Precipitin Tests, Protein Binding, Protein Transport, Rats, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, Vesicular Transport Proteins, Viral Envelope Proteins, rab GTP-Binding Proteins
FEBS Lett.
Date: Nov. 16, 2001
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