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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL
Volume 12, Issue 11, Pages 3375-3385Publisher
AMER SOC CELL BIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.12.11.3375
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Homotypic fusion of yeast vacuoles requires a regulated sequence of events. During priming, Sec18p disassembles cis-SNARE complexes. The HOPS complex, which is initially associated with the cis-SNARE complex, then mediates tethering. Finally, SNAREs assemble into trans-complexes before the membranes fuse. The t-SNARE of the vacuole, Vam3p, plays a central role in the coordination of these processes. We deleted the N-terminal region of Vam3p to analyze the role of this domain in membrane fusion. The truncated protein (Vam3 DeltaN) is sorted normally to the vacuole and is functional, because the vacuolar morphology is unaltered in this strain. However, in vitro vacuole fusion is strongly reduced due to the following reasons: Assembly, as well as disassembly of the cis-SNARE complex is more efficient on Vam3 DeltaN vacuoles; however, the HOPS complex is not associated well with the Vam3 DeltaN cis-complex. Thus, primed SNAREs from Vam3 DeltaN vacuoles cannot participate efficiently in the reaction because trans-SNARE pairing is substantially reduced. We conclude that the N-terminus of Vam3p is required for coordination of priming and docking during homotypic vacuole fusion.
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