期刊
EMBO JOURNAL
卷 30, 期 20, 页码 4126-4141出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.335
关键词
endosomes; lysosomes; membrane fusion; vacuoles; V-ATPase
资金
- FNS
- HFSP
- ERC
The V-ATPase V-0 sector associates with the peripheral V-1 sector to form a proton pump. V-0 alone has an additional function, facilitating membrane fusion in the endocytic and late exocytic pathways. V-0 contains a hexameric proteolipid cylinder, which might support fusion as proposed in proteinaceous pore models. To test this, we randomly mutagenized proteolipids. We recovered alleles that preserve proton translocation, normal SNARE activation and trans-SNARE pairing but that impair lipid and content mixing. Critical residues were found in all subunits of the proteolipid ring. They concentrate within the bilayer, close to the ring subunit interfaces. The fusion-impairing proteolipid substitutions stabilize the interaction of V0 with V1. Deletion of the vacuolar v-SNARE Nyv1 has the same effect, suggesting that both types of mutations similarly alter the conformation of V-0. Also covalent linkage of subunits in the proteolipid cylinder blocks vacuole fusion. We propose that a SNARE-dependent conformational change in V-0 proteolipids might stimulate fusion by creating a hydrophobic crevice that promotes lipid reorientation and formation of a lipidic fusion pore.
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