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ArticleMolecular biology of the cell2017

HOPS catalyzes the interdependent assembly of each vacuolar SNARE into a SNARE complex.

Amy Orr, Hongki Song, Scott F Rusin, Arminja N Kettenbach, William Wickner

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Article in Molecular biology of the cell, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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41 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Amy OrrDepartment of Biochemistry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755.
Hongki SongDepartment of Biochemistry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755.
Scott F RusinDepartment of Biochemistry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755.
Arminja N KettenbachDepartment of Biochemistry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755.
William WicknerDepartment of Biochemistry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755 william.t.wickner@dartmouth.edu.

Funding

THE ASSEMBLY OF PROTEINS INTO BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANESR01GM023377 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI WICKNER, WILLIAM TOBEY · 1985 to 2015
$17.9M
Mechanisms of Membrane FusionR35GM118037 · NIGMS · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI WILLIAM Tobey WICKNER · 2016 to 2026
$8.6M
Molecular and Cellular Biology at DartmouthT32GM008704 · NIGMS · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI COMPTON, DUANE A. · 1998 to 2018
$6.8M
Phosphorylation Signaling by Phosphoprotein PhosphatasesR35GM119455 · NIGMS · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI Arminja Nadine Kettenbach · 2016 to 2026
$5.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM023377NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118037NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM119455NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008704
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rab GTPases, their effectors, SNAREs of the R, Qa, Qb, and Qc families, and SM SNARE-binding proteins catalyze intracellular membrane fusion. At the vacuole/lysosome, they are integrated by the homotypic fusion and vacuole protein sorting (HOPS) complex. Two HOPS subunits bind vacuolar Rabs for tethering, another binds the Qc SNARE, and a fourth HOPS subunit, an SM protein, has conserved grooves that bind R- and Qa-SNARE domains. Spontaneous quaternary SNARE complex assembly is very slow. We report an assay of SNARE complex assembly that does not rely on fusion and for which tethering does not coenrich the four SNAREs. HOPS is required in this assay for rapid SNARE complex assembly. Optimal assembly needs HOPS, lipid membranes to which the R- or Qa-SNARE and Ypt7:GTP are integrally bound, and each of the other three SNAREs. Each SNARE assembles into this complex relying on the others, suggesting four-SNARE complex assembly rather than direct binding of each to HOPS. SNAREs can be disassociated by Sec 17/Sec 18/ATP, completing a catalyzed cycle of SNARE assembly and disassembly.

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CytoplasmIntracellular MembranesMembrane FusionMembrane LipidsProtein BindingProtein Transportrab GTP-Binding ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSNARE ProteinsSynaptosomal-Associated Protein 25VacuolesVesicular Transport ProteinsMembrane Lipidsrab GTP-Binding ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSNARE ProteinsSynaptosomal-Associated Protein 25Vesicular Transport Proteins

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PMID28148647
PMCPMC5385945

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