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Requirement for GTP hydrolysis in the formation of secretory vesicles

Requirement for GTP hydrolysis in the formation of secretory vesicles THE specificity of vesicular transport in a cell is determined by the formation of vesicles with specific contents from a donor compartment and their selective fusion with the appropriate acceptor compartment. Several of the latter fusion steps have been investigated in detail using cell-free systems1–9, and work with these systems as well as genetic evidence has revealed a role for GTP-binding proteins in membrane fusion processes7–15. We have reconstituted the formation of constitutive secretory vesicles and immature secretory granules from the trans Golgi network in a cell-free system16. We show here that the budding of both types of post-Golgi vesicles is inhibited by non-hydrolysable analogues of GTP, which suggests a more widespread role for GTP-binding proteins in membrane traffic than previously assumed. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nature Springer Journals

Requirement for GTP hydrolysis in the formation of secretory vesicles

Nature , Volume 347 (6289) – Sep 13, 1990

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 1990 by Nature Publishing Group
Subject
Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary; Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary; Science, multidisciplinary
ISSN
0028-0836
eISSN
1476-4687
DOI
10.1038/347207a0
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Abstract

THE specificity of vesicular transport in a cell is determined by the formation of vesicles with specific contents from a donor compartment and their selective fusion with the appropriate acceptor compartment. Several of the latter fusion steps have been investigated in detail using cell-free systems1–9, and work with these systems as well as genetic evidence has revealed a role for GTP-binding proteins in membrane fusion processes7–15. We have reconstituted the formation of constitutive secretory vesicles and immature secretory granules from the trans Golgi network in a cell-free system16. We show here that the budding of both types of post-Golgi vesicles is inhibited by non-hydrolysable analogues of GTP, which suggests a more widespread role for GTP-binding proteins in membrane traffic than previously assumed.

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NatureSpringer Journals

Published: Sep 13, 1990

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