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A multisubunit particle implicated in membrane fusion.

D W Wilson1, S W Whiteheart, M Wiedmann

  • 1Program in Cellular Biochemistry and Biophysics, Rockefeller Research Laboratory, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York 10021.

The Journal of Cell Biology
|May 1, 1992
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N-ethylmaleimide sensitive fusion protein (NSF) and soluble NSF attachment proteins (SNAPs) form a 20S complex with a membrane receptor. This assembly and ATP-dependent disassembly cycle may regulate NSF-dependent membrane fusion specificity.

Area of Science:

  • Cell Biology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Protein Interactions

Background:

  • N-ethylmaleimide sensitive fusion protein (NSF) is crucial for lipid bilayer fusion in eukaryotic cells.
  • NSF binding to Golgi membranes involves integral membrane receptors and soluble NSF attachment proteins (SNAPs).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the direct interactions between NSF, SNAPs, and membrane receptors in a solubilized system.
  • To characterize the formation and properties of the NSF-SNAP-receptor complex.

Main Methods:

  • Detergent solubilization of cellular components.
  • Analysis of protein complex formation using sedimentation assays.
  • Investigating the role of ATP hydrolysis in complex disassembly.

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Main Results:

  • Demonstrated direct interaction of NSF, SNAPs, and an integral membrane receptor.
  • Formation of a 20S multisubunit protein complex dependent on the integral receptor.
  • Identified distinct binding sites for gamma-SNAP compared to alpha- and beta-SNAPs within the complex.
  • Showed ATP-hydrolysis-coupled disassembly of the 20S particle.

Conclusions:

  • The formation of a 20S complex involving NSF, SNAPs, and a receptor is a key step in membrane fusion.
  • Differential interactions among SNAP family members contribute to complex assembly.
  • ATP-dependent cycles of assembly and disassembly may confer specificity to NSF-mediated fusion.