A role for Tlg1p in the transport of proteins within the Golgi apparatus of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Members of the syntaxin protein family participate in the docking-fusion step of several intracellular vesicular transport events. Tlg1p has been identified as a nonessential protein required for efficient endocytosis as well as the maintenance of normal levels of trans-Golgi network proteins. In this study we independently describe Tlg1p as an ...
essential protein required for cell viability. Depletion of Tlg1p in vivo causes a defect in the transport of the vacuolar protein carboxypeptidase Y through the early Golgi. Temperature-sensitive (ts) mutants of Tlg1p also accumulate the endoplasmic reticulum/cis-Golgi form of carboxypeptidase Y at the nonpermissive temperature (38 degrees C) and exhibit underglycosylation of secreted invertase. Overexpression of Tlg1p complements the growth defect of vti1-11 at the nonpermissive temperature, whereas incomplete complementation was observed with vti1-1, further suggesting a role for Tlg1p in the Golgi apparatus. Overexpression of Sed5p decreases the viability of tlg1 ts mutants compared with wild-type cells, suggesting that tlg1 ts mutants are more susceptible to elevated levels of Sed5p. Tlg1p is able to bind His6-tagged Sec17p (yeast alpha-SNAP) in a dose-dependent manner and enters into a SNARE complex with Vti1p, Tlg2p, and Vps45p. Morphological analyses by electron microscopy reveal that cells depleted of Tlg1p or tlg1 ts mutants incubated at the restrictive temperature accumulate 40- to 50-nm vesicles and experience fragmentation of the vacuole.
Mesh Terms:
Adenosine Triphosphatases, Base Sequence, Biological Transport, Carrier Proteins, Cell Division, Cloning, Molecular, Fungal Proteins, Glycoside Hydrolases, Golgi Apparatus, Intracellular Membranes, Membrane Proteins, Membrane Transport Proteins, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutation, Qa-SNARE Proteins, Qb-SNARE Proteins, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Soluble N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Factor Attachment Proteins, Temperature, Vacuoles, Vesicular Transport Proteins, beta-Fructofuranosidase
Mol. Biol. Cell
Date: Jul. 01, 1999
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