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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-2-12
pubmed:abstractText
The N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor (NSF) is required for multiple intracellular vesicle transport events. In vitro biochemical studies have demonstrated that NSF, soluble NSF attachment proteins (SNAPs), and SNAP receptors from a 20 S particle. This complex is disassembled by the ATPase activity of NSF. We have studied particle disassembly in a membrane environment by examining the binding of recombinant SNAPs and NSF to endosomal membranes. We present evidence that alpha-SNAP is released from the membranes in a temperature- and time-dependent manner and that this release is mediated by the ATPase activity of NSF. Our results indicate that NSF mutants in the first ATP binding domain completely abrogate alpha-SNAP release, whereas no inhibitory effect is observed with a mutant in the second ATP binding domain. Interestingly, neither beta-SNAP nor gamma-SNAP are released by the ATPase activity of NSF, indicating that these proteins are retained on the membranes by interactions that differ from those that retain alpha-SNAP. Although the small Rab GTPases are known to play a role in SNARE complex assembly, our results indicate that these GTPases do not regulate the NSF-dependent release of alpha-SNAP.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adenosine Triphosphatases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adenosine Triphosphate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carrier Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/GDP dissociation inhibitor 1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/GTP Phosphohydrolases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/GTP-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Guanine Nucleotide Dissociation..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Soluble N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Vesicular Transport Proteins
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
273
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1334-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor-dependent alpha-SNAP release, an early event in the docking/fusion process, is not regulated by Rab GTPases.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.