KDEL-Cargo Regulates Interactions between Proteins Involved in COPI Vesicle Traffic: Measurements in Living Cells Using FRET

Irina Majoul, Martin Straub, Stefan W. Hell, Rainer Duden, Hans Dieter Söling*

*Corresponding author for this work
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Abstract

How the occupied KDEL receptor ERD2 is sorted into COPI vesicles for Golgi-to-ER transport is largely unknown. Here, interactions between proteins of the COPI transport machinery occurring during a "wave" of transport of a KDEL ligand were studied in living cells. FRET between CFP and YFP fusion proteins was measured by multifocal multiphoton microscopy and bulk-cell spectrofluorimetry. Ligand binding induces oligomerization of ERD2 and recruitment of ARFGAP to the Golgi, where the (ERD2)n/ARFGAP complex interacts with membrane-bound ARF1. During KDEL ligand transport, interactions of ERD2 with β-COP and p23 decrease and the proteins segregate. Both p24a and p23 interact with ARF1, but only p24 interacts with ARFGAP. These findings suggest a model for how cargo-induced oligomerization of ERD2 regulates its sorting into COPI-coated buds.

Original languageEnglish
JournalDevelopmental Cell
Volume1
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)139-153
Number of pages15
ISSN1534-5807
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 07.2001

Research Areas and Centers

  • Academic Focus: Center for Infection and Inflammation Research (ZIEL)

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