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ArticleGenetics2016

Trs33-Containing TRAPP IV: A Novel Autophagy-Specific Ypt1 GEF.

Zhanna Lipatova, Uddalak Majumdar, Nava Segev

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Article in Genetics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhanna LipatovaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois 60607.
Uddalak MajumdarDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois 60607.
Nava SegevDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois 60607 nava@uic.edu.
University of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

YPTL GTPASE AND VESICULAR TRANSPORTR01GM045444 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI SEGEV, NAVA · 1992 to 2020
$6.4M
The role of Rab1 GTPase and its activators in selective autophagy and neurodegenerative diseaseR21NS099556 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI SEGEV, NAVA · 2016 to 2017
$400k
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM045444NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS099556
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ypt/Rab GTPases, key regulators of intracellular trafficking pathways, are activated by guanine-nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs). Here, we identify a novel GEF complex, TRAPP IV, which regulates Ypt1-mediated autophagy. In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Ypt1 GTPase is required for the initiation of secretion and autophagy, suggesting that it regulates these two distinct pathways. However, whether these pathways are coordinated by Ypt1 and by what mechanism is still unknown. TRAPP is a conserved modular complex that acts as a Ypt/Rab GEF. Two different TRAPP complexes, TRAPP I and the Trs85-containing TRAPP III, activate Ypt1 in the secretory and autophagic pathways, respectively. Importantly, whereas TRAPP I depletion copies Ypt1 deficiency in secretion, depletion of TRAPP III does not fully copy the autophagy phenotypes of autophagy-specific ypt1 mutations. If GEFs are required for Ypt/Rab function, this discrepancy implies the existence of an additional GEF that activates Ypt1 in autophagy. Trs33, a nonessential TRAPP subunit, was assigned to TRAPP I without functional evidence. We show that in the absence of Trs85, Trs33 is required for Ypt1-mediated autophagy and for the recruitment of core-TRAPP and Ypt1 to the preautophagosomal structure, which marks the onset of autophagy. In addition, Trs33 and Trs85 assemble into distinct TRAPP complexes, and we term the Trs33-containing autophagy-specific complex TRAPP IV. Because TRAPP I is required for Ypt1-mediated secretion, and either TRAPP III or TRAPP IV is required for Ypt1-mediated autophagy, we propose that pathway-specific GEFs activate Ypt1 in secretion and autophagy.

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AutophagyProtein Bindingrab GTP-Binding ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsVesicular Transport Proteinsrab GTP-Binding ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteinstransport protein particle, TRAPPTrs33 protein, S cerevisiaeTRS85 protein, S cerevisiaeVesicular Transport ProteinsYPT1 protein, S cerevisiaeGEFmacro-autophagyTrappC6ATrappC6BTRAPP complexTRAPP IIITrs33Ypt1Ypt/Rabs

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PMID27672095
PMCPMC5105845
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