Endobrevin, a novel synaptobrevin/VAMP-like protein preferentially associated with the early endosome.
Synaptobrevins/vesicle-associated membrane proteins (VAMPs) together with syntaxins and a synaptosome-associated protein of 25 kDa (SNAP-25) are the main components of a protein complex involved in the docking and/or fusion of synaptic vesicles with the presynaptic membrane. We report here the molecular, biochemical, and cell biological characterization of a novel member ... of the synaptobrevin/VAMP family. The amino acid sequence of endobrevin has 32, 33, and 31% identity to those of synaptobrevin/VAMP-1, synaptobrevin/VAMP-2, and cellubrevin, respectively. Membrane fractionation studies demonstrate that endobrevin is enriched in membrane fractions that are also enriched in the asialoglycoprotein receptor. Indirect immunofluorescence microscopy establishes that endobrevin is primarily associated with the perinuclear vesicular structures of the early endocytic compartment. The preferential association of endobrevin with the early endosome was further established by electron microscopy (EM) immunogold labeling. In vitro binding assays show that endobrevin interacts with immobilized recombinant alpha-SNAP fused to glutathione S-transferase (GST). Our results highlight the general importance of members of the synaptobrevin/VAMP protein family in membrane traffic and provide new avenues for future functional and mechanistic studies of this protein as well as the endocytotic pathway.
Mesh Terms:
Amino Acid Sequence, Androstadienes, Animals, Asialoglycoprotein Receptor, Base Sequence, Carrier Proteins, Cell Fractionation, Cell Line, Cell Membrane, Cercopithecus aethiops, DNA, Complementary, Endocytosis, Endosomes, Enzyme Inhibitors, Hela Cells, Humans, Membrane Proteins, Mice, Molecular Sequence Data, R-SNARE Proteins, Rats, Receptors, Cell Surface, Receptors, Transferrin, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Soluble N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Factor Attachment Proteins, Tumor Cells, Cultured, Vero Cells, Vesicular Transport Proteins
Amino Acid Sequence, Androstadienes, Animals, Asialoglycoprotein Receptor, Base Sequence, Carrier Proteins, Cell Fractionation, Cell Line, Cell Membrane, Cercopithecus aethiops, DNA, Complementary, Endocytosis, Endosomes, Enzyme Inhibitors, Hela Cells, Humans, Membrane Proteins, Mice, Molecular Sequence Data, R-SNARE Proteins, Rats, Receptors, Cell Surface, Receptors, Transferrin, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Soluble N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Factor Attachment Proteins, Tumor Cells, Cultured, Vero Cells, Vesicular Transport Proteins
Mol. Biol. Cell
Date: Jun. 01, 1998
PubMed ID: 9614193
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