A novel Rab9 effector required for endosome-to-TGN transport.

Rab9 GTPase is required for the transport of mannose 6-phosphate receptors from endosomes to the trans-Golgi network in living cells, and in an in vitro system that reconstitutes this process. We have used the yeast two-hybrid system to identify proteins that interact preferentially with the active form of Rab9. We ...
report here the discovery of a 40-kD protein (p40) that binds Rab9-GTP with roughly fourfold preference to Rab9-GDP. p40 does not interact with Rab7 or K-Ras; it also fails to bind Rab9 when it is bound to GDI. The protein is found in cytosol, yet a significant fraction (approximately 30%) is associated with cellular membranes. Upon sucrose density gradient flotation, membrane- associated p40 cofractionates with endosomes containing mannose 6-phosphate receptors and the Rab9 GTPase. p40 is a very potent transport factor in that the pure, recombinant protein can stimulate, significantly, an in vitro transport assay that measures transport of mannose 6-phosphate receptors from endosomes to the trans-Golgi network. The functional importance of p40 is confirmed by the finding that anti-p40 antibodies inhibit in vitro transport. Finally, p40 shows synergy with Rab9 in terms of its ability to stimulate mannose 6-phosphate receptor transport. These data are consistent with a model in which p40 and Rab9 act together to drive the process of transport vesicle docking.
Mesh Terms:
Amino Acid Sequence, Base Sequence, Biological Transport, Carrier Proteins, Cell Membrane, Cloning, Molecular, Endosomes, GTP Phosphohydrolases, Golgi Apparatus, Guanosine Diphosphate, Guanosine Triphosphate, Humans, Jurkat Cells, Molecular Sequence Data, Protein Binding, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Receptor, IGF Type 2, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, rab GTP-Binding Proteins
J. Cell Biol.
Date: Jul. 28, 1997
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