Endosome to Golgi Retrieval of the Vacuolar Protein Sorting Receptor, Vps10p, Requires the Function of the VPS29, VPS30, and VPS35 Gene Products

Using a selection for spontaneous mutants that mislocalize a vacuolar carboxypeptidase Y (CPY)-invertase fusion protein to the cell surface, we identified vacuolar protein targeting (vpt) mutants in 25 new vpt complementation groups. Additional alleles in each of the eight previously identified vpt complementation groups (vpt1 through vpt8) were also obtained. Representative alleles from each of the 33 vpt complementation groups (vpt1 through vpt33) were shown to exhibit defects in the sorting and processing of several native vacuolar proteins, including the soluble hydrolases CPY, proteinase A, and proteinase B. Of the 33 complementation groups, 19 were found to contain mutant alleles that led to extreme defects. In these mutants, CPY accumulated in its Golgi complex-modified precursor form which was secreted by the mutant cells. Normal protein secretion appeared to be unaffected in the vpt mutants. The lack of significant leakage of cytosolic markers from the vpt mutant cells indicated that the vacuolar protein-sorting defects associated with these mutants do not result from cell lysis. In addition, the observation that the precursor rather than the mature forms of CPY, proteinase A, proteinase B were secreted from the vpt mutants was consistent with the fact that mislocalization occurred at a stage after Golgi complex-specific modification, but before final vacuolar sorting of these enzymes. Vacuolar membrane protein sorting appeared to be unaffected in the majority of the vpt mutants. However, a subset of the vpt mutants (vpt11, vpt16, vpt18, and vpt33) was found to exhibit defects in the sorting of a vacuolar membrane marker enzyme, alpha-mannosidase. Up to 50% of the alpha-mannosidase enzyme activity was found to be mislocalized to the cell surface in these vpt mutants. Seven of the vpt complementation groups (vpt3, vpt11, vpt15, vpt16, vpt18, vpt29, and vpt33) contained alleles that led to a conditional lethal phenotype; the mutants were temperature sensitive for vegetative cell growth. This temperature-sensitive phenotype has been shown to be recessive and to cosegregate with the vacuolar protein-sorting defect in each case. Tetrad analysis showed that vpt3 mapped to the right arm of chromosome XV and that vpt15 mapped to the right arm of chromosome II. Intercrosses with other mutants that exhibited defects in vacuolar protein sorting or function (vpl, sec, pep, and end mutants) revealed several overlaps among these different sets of genes. Together, these data indicate that more than 50 gene products are involved, directly or indirectly, in the process of vacuolar protein sorting.

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A sorting nexin-1 homologue, Vps5p, forms a complex with Vps17p and is required for recycling the vacuolar protein-sorting receptor.

Molecular Biology of the Cell ◽

10.1091/mbc.8.8.1529 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 8 (8) ◽

pp. 1529-1541 ◽

Cited By ~ 149

Author(s):

B F Horazdovsky ◽

B A Davies ◽

M N Seaman ◽

S A McLaughlin ◽

S Yoon ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Gene Product ◽

Protein Sorting ◽

Carboxypeptidase Y ◽

Vacuolar Protein Sorting ◽

Sorting Nexin ◽

Class B ◽

Sorting Receptor ◽

Vacuolar Protein ◽

Mutant Cells ◽

Sorting Nexin 1

A number of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae vacuolar protein-sorting (vps) mutants exhibit an altered vacuolar morphology. Unlike wild-type cells that contain 1-3 large vacuolar structures, the class B vps5 and vps17 mutant cells contain 10-20 smaller vacuole-like compartments. To explore the role of these VPS gene products in vacuole biogenesis, we cloned and sequenced VPS5 and characterized its protein products. The VPS5 gene is predicted to encode a very hydrophilic protein of 675 amino acids that shows significant sequence homology with mammalian sorting nexin-1. Polyclonal antiserum directed against the VPS5 gene product detects a single, cytoplasmic protein that is phosphorylated specifically on a serine residue(s). Subcellular fractionation studies indicate that Vps5p is associated peripherally with a dense membrane fraction distinct from Golgi, endosomal, and vacuolar membranes. This association was found to be dependent on the presence of another class B VPS gene product, Vps17p. Biochemical cross-linking studies demonstrated that Vps5p and Vps17p physically interact. Gene disruption experiments show that the VPS5 genes product is not essential for cell viability; however, cells carrying the null allele contain fragmented vacuoles and exhibit defects in vacuolar protein-sorting similar to vps17 null mutants. More than 95% of carboxypeptidase Y is secreted from these cells in its Golgi-modified p2 precursor form. Additionally, the Vps10p vacuolar protein-sorting receptor is mislocalized to the vacuole in vps5 mutant cells. On the basis of these and other observations, we propose that the Vps17p protein complex may participate in the intracellular trafficking of the Vps10p-sorting receptor, as well as other later-Golgi proteins.

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Genomic Screen for Vacuolar Protein Sorting Genes inSaccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular Biology of the Cell ◽

10.1091/mbc.02-01-0005 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 13 (7) ◽

pp. 2486-2501 ◽

Cited By ~ 232

Author(s):

Cecilia J. Bonangelino ◽

Edna M. Chavez ◽

Juan S. Bonifacino

Keyword(s):

Alkaline Phosphatase ◽

Actin Cytoskeleton ◽

Protein Sorting ◽

Carboxypeptidase Y ◽

Gene Products ◽

The Novel ◽

Vacuolar Protein Sorting ◽

Novel Gene ◽

A Genome ◽

Vacuolar Protein

The biosynthetic sorting of hydrolases to the yeast vacuole involves transport along two distinct routes referred to as the carboxypeptidase Y and alkaline phosphatase pathways. To identify genes involved in sorting to the vacuole, we conducted a genome-wide screen of 4653 homozygous diploid gene deletion strains ofSaccharomyces cerevisiae for missorting of carboxypeptidase Y. We identified 146 mutant strains that secreted strong-to-moderate levels of carboxypeptidase Y. Of these, only 53 of the corresponding genes had been previously implicated in vacuolar protein sorting, whereas the remaining 93 had either been identified in screens for other cellular processes or were only known as hypothetical open reading frames. Among these 93 were genes encoding: 1) the Ras-like GTP-binding proteins Arl1p and Arl3p, 2) actin-related proteins such as Arp5p and Arp6p, 3) the monensin and brefeldin A hypersensitivity proteins Mon1p and Mon2p, and 4) 15 novel proteins designated Vps61p-Vps75p. Most of the novel gene products were involved only in the carboxypeptidase Y pathway, whereas a few, including Mon1p, Mon2p, Vps61p, and Vps67p, appeared to be involved in both the carboxypeptidase Y and alkaline phosphatase pathways. Mutants lacking some of the novel gene products, including Arp5p, Arp6p, Vps64p, and Vps67p, were severely defective in secretion of mature α-factor. Others, such as Vps61p, Vps64p, and Vps67p, displayed defects in the actin cytoskeleton at 30°C. The identification and phenotypic characterization of these novel mutants provide new insights into the mechanisms of vacuolar protein sorting, most notably the probable involvement of the actin cytoskeleton in this process.

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Vacuolar protein sorting receptor in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Microbiology ◽

10.1099/mic.0.28627-0 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 152 (5) ◽

pp. 1523-1532 ◽

Cited By ~ 30

Author(s):

Tomoko Iwaki ◽

Akira Hosomi ◽

Sanae Tokudomi ◽

Yoko Kusunoki ◽

Yasuko Fujita ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Schizosaccharomyces Pombe ◽

Mammalian Cells ◽

Fluorescent Protein ◽

Transmembrane Protein ◽

Protein Sorting ◽

Retrograde Transport ◽

Carboxypeptidase Y ◽

Type I ◽

Tail Domain ◽

Vacuolar Protein

The mechanism by which soluble proteins, such as carboxypeptidase Y, reach the vacuole in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is very similar to the mechanism of lysosomal protein sorting in mammalian cells. Vps10p is a receptor for transport of soluble vacuolar proteins in S. cerevisiae. vps10 +, a gene encoding a homologue of S. cerevisiae PEP1/VPS10, has been identified and deleted from the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Deletion of the vps10 + gene resulted in missorting and secretion of Sch. pombe vacuolar carboxypeptidase Cpy1p, indicating that it is required for targeting Cpy1p to the vacuole. Sch. pombe Vps10p (SpVps10p) is a type I transmembrane protein and its C-terminal cytoplasmic tail domain is essential for Cpy1p transport to the vacuole. Cells expressing green fluorescent protein-tagged SpVps10p produced a punctate pattern of fluorescence, indicating that SpVps10p was largely localized in the Golgi compartment. In addition, Sch. pombe vps26 +, vps29 + and vps35 +, encoding homologues of the S. cerevisiae retromer components VPS26, VPS29 and VPS35, were identified and deleted. Fluorescence microscopy demonstrated that SpVps10p mislocalized to the vacuolar membrane in these mutants. These results indicate that the vps26 +, vps29 + and vps35 + gene products are required for retrograde transport of SpVps10p from the prevacuolar compartment back to the Golgi in Sch. pombe cells.

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Mutations in the yeast vacuolar ATPase result in the mislocalization of vacuolar proteins.

Journal of Experimental Biology ◽

10.1242/jeb.172.1.83 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 172 (1) ◽

pp. 83-92 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

D J Klionsky ◽

H Nelson ◽

N Nelson ◽

D S Yaver

Keyword(s):

Alkaline Phosphatase ◽

Protein Sorting ◽

Subcellular Fractionation ◽

Vacuolar Atpase ◽

Vacuolar Membrane ◽

Carboxypeptidase Y ◽

Atpase Inhibitor ◽

Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽

Vacuolar Protein ◽

Vacuolar System

The vacuolar ATPase of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae acidifies the vacuolar lumen and generates an electrochemical gradient across the vacuole membrane. We have investigated the role of compartment acidification of the vacuolar system in the sorting of vacuolar proteins. Strains with chromosomal disruptions of genes (delta vat) encoding the A (69 x 10(3) M(r)), B (57 x 10(3) M(r)) or c (16 x 10(3) M(r)) subunits of the vacuolar ATPase accumulate and secrete precursor forms of the soluble vacuolar hydrolases carboxypeptidase Y and proteinase A. A kinetic analysis suggests that these precursor proteins accumulate in, and are secreted from, the Golgi complex or post-Golgi vesicles. In addition, subcellular fractionation shows that vacuolar hydrolase-invertase hybrid proteins are inefficiently localized to the vacuole in delta vat strains. This result suggests that the vat mutations cause a steady-state defect in vacuolar protein sorting. The vat mutations also affect the sorting of vacuolar membrane proteins. Precursor forms of alkaline phosphatase are accumulated in vat mutant cells, but to a lesser extent than is seen for the soluble vacuolar hydrolases. This finding, coupled with the insensitivity of alkaline phosphatase to the ATPase inhibitor bafilomycin A1, suggests that vacuolar membrane protein sorting is less sensitive to changes in lumenal pH when compared with the targeting of soluble vacuolar proteins. These results indicate that acidification of the vacuolar system is important for efficient sorting of soluble proteins to the vacuole.

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Vps10p cycles between the late-Golgi and prevacuolar compartments in its function as the sorting receptor for multiple yeast vacuolar hydrolases.

The Journal of Cell Biology ◽

10.1083/jcb.133.3.529 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 133 (3) ◽

pp. 529-541 ◽

Cited By ~ 193

Author(s):

A A Cooper ◽

T H Stevens

Keyword(s):

Amino Acid ◽

Secretory Pathway ◽

Transmembrane Protein ◽

Carboxypeptidase Y ◽

Type I ◽

Binding Studies ◽

Cytosolic Domain ◽

Sorting Receptor ◽

Vacuolar Protein

VPS10 (Vacuolar Protein Sorting) encodes a large type I transmembrane protein (Vps10p), involved in the sorting of the soluble vacuolar hydrolase carboxypeptidase Y (CPY) to the Saccharomyces cerevisiae lysosome-like vacuole. Cells lacking Vps10p missorted greater than 90% CPY and 50% of another vacuolar hydrolase, PrA, to the cell surface. In vitro equilibrium binding studies established that the 1,380-amino acid lumenal domain of Vps10p binds CPY precursor in a 1:1 stoichiometry, further supporting the assignment of Vps10p as the CPY sorting receptor. Vps10p has been immunolocalized to the late-Golgi compartment where CPY is sorted away from the secretory pathway. Vps10p is synthesized at a rate 20-fold lower that that of its ligand CPY, which in light of the 1:1 binding stoichiometry, requires that Vps10p must recycle and perform multiple rounds of CPY sorting. The 164-amino acid Vps10p cytosolic domain is involved in receptor trafficking, as deletion of this domain resulted in delivery of the mutant Vps10p to the vacuole, the default destination for membrane proteins in yeast. A tyrosine-based signal (YSSL80) within the cytosolic domain enables Vps10p to cycle between the late-Golgi and prevacuolar/endosomal compartments. This tyrosine-based signal is homologous to the recycling signal of the mammalian mannose-6-phosphate receptor. A second yeast gene, VTH2, encodes a protein highly homologous to Vps10p which, when over-produced, is capable of suppressing the CPY and PrA missorting defects of a vps10 delta strain. These results indicate that a family of related receptors act to target soluble hydrolases to the vacuole.

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Protein sorting in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: isolation of mutants defective in the delivery and processing of multiple vacuolar hydrolases

Molecular and Cellular Biology ◽

10.1128/mcb.8.11.4936-4948.1988 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 8 (11) ◽

pp. 4936-4948

Author(s):

J S Robinson ◽

D J Klionsky ◽

L M Banta ◽

S D Emr

Keyword(s):

Cell Surface ◽

Protein Sorting ◽

Vacuolar Membrane ◽

Temperature Sensitive ◽

Vacuolar Protein Sorting ◽

Proteinase A ◽

Complementation Groups ◽

The Right ◽

Vacuolar Protein ◽

Mutant Cells

Using a selection for spontaneous mutants that mislocalize a vacuolar carboxypeptidase Y (CPY)-invertase fusion protein to the cell surface, we identified vacuolar protein targeting (vpt) mutants in 25 new vpt complementation groups. Additional alleles in each of the eight previously identified vpt complementation groups (vpt1 through vpt8) were also obtained. Representative alleles from each of the 33 vpt complementation groups (vpt1 through vpt33) were shown to exhibit defects in the sorting and processing of several native vacuolar proteins, including the soluble hydrolases CPY, proteinase A, and proteinase B. Of the 33 complementation groups, 19 were found to contain mutant alleles that led to extreme defects. In these mutants, CPY accumulated in its Golgi complex-modified precursor form which was secreted by the mutant cells. Normal protein secretion appeared to be unaffected in the vpt mutants. The lack of significant leakage of cytosolic markers from the vpt mutant cells indicated that the vacuolar protein-sorting defects associated with these mutants do not result from cell lysis. In addition, the observation that the precursor rather than the mature forms of CPY, proteinase A, proteinase B were secreted from the vpt mutants was consistent with the fact that mislocalization occurred at a stage after Golgi complex-specific modification, but before final vacuolar sorting of these enzymes. Vacuolar membrane protein sorting appeared to be unaffected in the majority of the vpt mutants. However, a subset of the vpt mutants (vpt11, vpt16, vpt18, and vpt33) was found to exhibit defects in the sorting of a vacuolar membrane marker enzyme, alpha-mannosidase. Up to 50% of the alpha-mannosidase enzyme activity was found to be mislocalized to the cell surface in these vpt mutants. Seven of the vpt complementation groups (vpt3, vpt11, vpt15, vpt16, vpt18, vpt29, and vpt33) contained alleles that led to a conditional lethal phenotype; the mutants were temperature sensitive for vegetative cell growth. This temperature-sensitive phenotype has been shown to be recessive and to cosegregate with the vacuolar protein-sorting defect in each case. Tetrad analysis showed that vpt3 mapped to the right arm of chromosome XV and that vpt15 mapped to the right arm of chromosome II. Intercrosses with other mutants that exhibited defects in vacuolar protein sorting or function (vpl, sec, pep, and end mutants) revealed several overlaps among these different sets of genes. Together, these data indicate that more than 50 gene products are involved, directly or indirectly, in the process of vacuolar protein sorting.

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A subset of yeast vacuolar protein sorting mutants is blocked in one branch of the exocytic pathway

The Journal of Cell Biology ◽

10.1083/jcb.200109077 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 156 (2) ◽

pp. 271-286 ◽

Cited By ~ 111

Author(s):

Edina Harsay ◽

Randy Schekman

Keyword(s):

Protein Sorting ◽

Carboxypeptidase Y ◽

Temperature Sensitive ◽

Restrictive Temperature ◽

Vacuolar Protein Sorting ◽

Sorting Receptor ◽

Gradient Fractionation ◽

Vacuolar Protein ◽

Exocytic Pathway ◽

Dense Vesicles

Exocytic vesicles that accumulate in a temperature-sensitive sec6 mutant at a restrictive temperature can be separated into at least two populations with different buoyant densities and unique cargo molecules. Using a sec6 mutant background to isolate vesicles, we have found that vacuolar protein sorting mutants that block an endosome-mediated route to the vacuole,including vps1, pep12, vps4, and a temperature-sensitive clathrin mutant, missort cargo normally transported by dense exocytic vesicles, such as invertase, into light exocytic vesicles, whereas transport of cargo specific to the light exocytic vesicles appears unaffected. Immunoisolation experiments confirm that missorting, rather than a changed property of the normally dense vesicles, is responsible for the altered density gradient fractionation profile. The vps41Δ and apl6Δmutants, which block transport of only the subset of vacuolar proteins that bypasses endosomes, sort exocytic cargo normally. Furthermore, avps10Δ sec6 mutant, which lacks the sorting receptor for carboxypeptidase Y (CPY), accumulates both invertase and CPY in dense vesicles. These results suggest that at least one branch of the yeast exocytic pathway transits through endosomes before reaching the cell surface. Consistent with this possibility, we show that immunoisolated clathrin-coated vesicles contain invertase.

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Structural Requirements for Function of Yeast GGAs in Vacuolar Protein Sorting, α-Factor Maturation, and Interactions with Clathrin

Molecular and Cellular Biology ◽

10.1128/mcb.21.23.7981-7994.2001 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 21 (23) ◽

pp. 7981-7994 ◽

Cited By ~ 43

Author(s):

Chris Mullins ◽

Juan S. Bonifacino

Keyword(s):

Function Analysis ◽

Protein Sorting ◽

Functional Characterization ◽

Adaptor Proteins ◽

Carboxypeptidase Y ◽

Structural Determinants ◽

Vacuolar Protein ◽

Vacuole Biogenesis

ABSTRACT The GGAs (Golgi-localized, gamma-ear-containing, ARF-binding proteins) are a family of multidomain adaptor proteins involved in protein sorting at the trans-Golgi network of eukaryotic cells. Here we present results from a functional characterization of the two Saccharomyces cerevisiae GGAs, Gga1p and Gga2p. We show that deletion of both GGA genes causes defects in sorting of carboxypeptidase Y (CPY) and proteinase A to the vacuole, vacuolar morphology, and maturation of α-factor. A structure-function analysis reveals a requirement of the VHS, GAT, and hinge for function, while the GAE domain is less important. We identify putative clathrin-binding motifs in the hinge domain of both yeast GGAs. These motifs are shown to mediate clathrin binding in vitro. While mutation of these motifs alone does not block function of the GGAs in vivo, combining these mutations with truncations of the hinge and GAE domains diminishes function, suggesting functional cooperation between different clathrin-binding elements. Thus, these observations demonstrate that the yeast GGAs play important roles in the CPY pathway, vacuole biogenesis, and α-factor maturation and identify structural determinants that are critical for these functions.

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