Identification of the neuroblastoma-amplified gene product as a component of the syntaxin 18 complex implicated in Golgi-to-endoplasmic reticulum retrograde transport.

Abstract

Syntaxin 18, a soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor (NSF) attachment protein receptor (SNARE) protein implicated in endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane fusion, forms a complex with other SNAREs (BNIP1, p31, and Sec22b) and several peripheral membrane components (Sly1, ZW10, and RINT-1). In the present study, we showed that a peripheral membrane protein encoded by the neuroblastoma-amplified gene (NAG) is a subunit of the syntaxin 18 complex. NAG encodes a protein of 2371 amino acids, which exhibits weak similarity to yeast Dsl3p/Sec39p, an 82-kDa component of the complex containing the yeast syntaxin 18 orthologue Ufe1p. Under conditions favoring SNARE complex disassembly, NAG was released from syntaxin 18 but remained in a p31-ZW10-RINT-1 subcomplex. Binding studies showed that the extreme N-terminal region of p31 is responsible for the interaction with NAG and that the N- and the C-terminal regions of NAG interact with p31 and ZW10-RINT-1, respectively. Knockdown of NAG resulted in a reduction in the expression of p31, confirming their intimate relationship. NAG depletion did not substantially affect Golgi morphology and protein export from the ER, but it caused redistribution of Golgi recycling proteins accompanied by a defect in protein glycosylation. These results together suggest that NAG links between p31 and ZW10-RINT-1 and is involved in Golgi-to-ER transport.

• Authors: Takehiro Aoki, Sarah Ichimura, Ayano Itoh, Mami Kuramoto, Takashi Shinkawa, Toshiaki Isobe, Mitsuo Tagaya
• Journal: Molecular biology of the cell (Mol Biol Cell) Vol. 20 Issue 11 Pg. 2639-49 (Jun 2009) ISSN: 1939-4586 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 19369418 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Cell Cycle Proteins
• Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone
• Microtubule-Associated Proteins
• NBAS protein, human
• Neoplasm Proteins
• Q-SNARE Proteins
• Qa-SNARE Proteins
• RINT1 protein, human
• ZW10 protein, human
• Green Fluorescent Proteins

Topics

• Binding Sites (genetics)
• Cell Cycle Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
• Cell Line
• Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone (genetics, metabolism)
• Endoplasmic Reticulum (metabolism)
• Glycosylation
• Golgi Apparatus (metabolism)
• Green Fluorescent Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
• HeLa Cells
• Humans
• Immunoblotting
• Immunoprecipitation
• Lysosomes (metabolism)
• Mass Spectrometry
• Microscopy, Fluorescence
• Microtubule-Associated Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
• Models, Biological
• Neoplasm Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
• Protein Binding
• Protein Transport
• Q-SNARE Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
• Qa-SNARE Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
• RNA Interference
• Transfection