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- Title
Molecular architecture of the TRAPPII complex and implications for vesicle tethering.
- Authors
Yip, Calvin K; Berscheminski, Julia; Walz, Thomas
- Abstract
Multisubunit tethering complexes participate in the process of vesicle tethering--the initial interaction between transport vesicles and their acceptor compartments. TRAPPII (named for transport protein particle II) is a highly conserved tethering complex that functions in the late Golgi apparatus and consists of all of the subunits of TRAPPI and three additional, specific subunits. We have purified native yeast TRAPPII and characterized its structure and subunit organization by single-particle EM. Our data show that the nine TRAPPII components form a core complex that dimerizes into a three-layered, diamond-shaped structure. The TRAPPI subunits assemble into TRAPPI complexes that form the outer layers. The three TRAPPII-specific subunits cap the ends of TRAPPI and form the middle layer, which is responsible for dimerization. TRAPPII binds the Ypt1 GTPase and probably uses the TRAPPI catalytic core to promote guanine nucleotide exchange. We discuss the implications of the structure of TRAPPII for coat interaction and TRAPPII-associated human pathologies.
- Publication
Nature structural & molecular biology, 2010, Vol 17, Issue 11, p1298
- ISSN
1545-9985
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/nsmb.1914