The synaptobrevin-related domains of Bos1p and Sec22p bind to the syntaxin-like region of Sed5p.

SNAREs (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion protein attachment protein receptors) are cytoplasmically oriented membrane proteins that reside on vesicular carriers (v-SNARE) and target organelles (t-SNARE). The pairing of a stage-specific v-SNARE with its cognate t-SNARE may mediate the specificity of membrane traffic. In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae transport between the endoplasmic reticulum ...
and Golgi complex employs two v-SNAREs, Bos1p and Sec22p, each containing a domain that is related to the neuronal v-SNARE synaptobrevin. Sed5p, which is homologous to syntaxin, is the t-SNARE that functions at this stage of the secretory pathway. Here we report that regions of Bos1p and Sec22p, which are homologous to synaptobrevin, bind to the syntaxin-like domain of Sed5p. Furthermore, we demonstrate that efficient v-SNARE/t-SNARE interactions require the participation of both v-SNAREs, indicating that, unlike post-Golgi membrane traffic, the active form of the endoplasmic reticulum to Golgi v-SNARE is a heteromeric complex.
Mesh Terms:
Binding Sites, Biological Transport, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Fungal Proteins, Membrane Proteins, Protein Binding, Qa-SNARE Proteins, Qb-SNARE Proteins, R-SNARE Proteins, Receptors, Cell Surface, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Sequence Deletion, Vesicular Transport Proteins
J. Biol. Chem.
Date: Jul. 04, 1997
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