What act as a timer for folding of proteins in the secretory pathway?
ER N-linked glycosylation → addition and removal of glucoses and mannose
Which coated transport vesicles are responsible for anterograde and retrograde?
Anterograde → COP-II → vesicle transport from ER to Golgi
Retrograde → COP-I → vesicle transport fro Golgi back to ER (because of mistakes from COP-II)
Where does Clathrin-coated vesicle transport to?
Transport from Golgi and Plasma membrane → endosomes (or lysosomes)
What are the 4 general steps common to all vesicle formation (COP-I, COP-II, CCV)
What is the main difference between Ras GTPase and Rab GTPase?
Rasis a sub-family of Rab = signal transduction → GTP-bound state
Rab = vesicle targeting → binding sites for various effectors (not specific)
What are GAP and GEF?
GAP = GTPase Activating proteins → stimulate GTP hydrolysis → conformational change
GEF = Guanin Exchange Factors → cause release of GDP and binding of GTP
What are the roles Sar1 and Arf?
*Both Ras GTPase proteins (monomeric switches)
Sar1 → COP-II vesicle initiator
Arf → COP-I vesicle initiator
What is the process of COP-II vesicle initiation?
Forms at specific ER exit sites:
- proteins with exit signals collected (cargo receptors)
- misfolded proteins are kept away (calnexin)
TM GEF at exit site → induces GTP binding by Sar1-GDP → conformational change exposes amphipatic helix (exposed in Sar1-GTP state) → partially inserts into membrane to initiate vesicle formation
All on cytosolic side
What are Sec23, Sec24, Sec13 and Sec31?
Sec23 and Sec24 = Adaptors (inner coat)
Sec23 recognizes Sar1
Sec24 recognizes cargo receptor/cargo TM protein
Sec13 and Sec31 = Coat proteins → bind adaptors and shape the membrane into a vesicle (outer coat)
What does the COP-II coat formation step involve?
(Where does the energy for coat formation come from?)
What is the process of the COP-II uncoating step of vesicle formation?
Adaptor (Sec23/24) acts as GAP → hydrolyse Sar1-GTP to Sar1-GDP:
- GTP hydrolysis (slow) = timer
- Sar1-GDP releases from vesicle membrane (amphipatic alpha helix hidden back)
- adaptors separate from Sar1 and coat separates from adaptors
*Uncoating is necessary for vesicle fusion at Golgi
Why do we say ER exit is a bulk flow?
→ ER resident proteins are transported to Golgi by bulk flow, but have a signals that return them to the ER
What are the ER exit signals?
TM proteins have exit signals on cytosolic side:
- di-phenylalanine (FF) at C-terminus (type 1)
- Asp-X-Glu (DxE) with a sequence
- recognized by Sec23/24 adaptors
Lumenal proteins are recognied by various cargo receptors = TM proteins with exit signals (FF in C-terminus facing cytosol)
What are the different ER exit signals?
Lumenal protein bind to TM receptors with FF signal
*recognized by Sec23/24 adaptor
What are the ER retrieval signals for lumenal proteins?
What is the ER retrieval signal for TM proteins?
(retrieval = wants to get back from Golgi → ER)
*Motifs are recognized by the COP-I coat adaptors
What is the initiator in COP-I coated vesicle formation?
Arf1-GTP → amphipatic helix into membrane (Ras GTP + Arf-GEF)
What is the function of adaptors in COP coated vesicles?
What are the adaptor and Coat proteins for the COP-I coated vesicle?
Large multi-subunit complex:
Adaptors → beta/sigma, gamma/zeta subunits → collect cargo
COP-I coat → alpha/beta’ subunits assemble on adaptors, shape and pinch off vesicle from membrane
What starting point/end point transport does COP-II transport ensure?
Anterograde
ER → Golgi
Golgi → Early endosomes, Late endosomes, Secretory vesicles, extracellular space
Early endosomes → late endosomes → Lysosomes
Secretory vesicles → extracellular space
What starting/end point transport does COP-I transport ensure?
Golgi → ER
Early endosomes → recycling endosomes → extracellular space or direclty to extracellular space
Late endosomes → Golgi
Secretory vesicles → Golgi
*Not from late → early endosomes
What starting/end point does Clathrin-coated vesicles transport ensure?
Early endosomes → Late endosomes → lysosomes
Extracellular space → early endosomes
Which molecule is the initiator of Clathrin-coated vesicle formation?
PI-phosphate in PM and Golgi → 2 fatty acid tails + glycerol + phosphate + sugar with -OH
PI can be phosphorylated by PI kinases → PI-phosphates provide binding sites for different proteins:
- PI(4, 5)P2 recognized by PM clathrin adaptors → dynamin
- PI(4)P recognized by Golgi clathrin adaptors
*Any other phosphorylation combination activates another signaling cascade, but not the formation of CCV
What are the different CCV adaptors and coat?
What are their roles in the formation of CCV vesicles?
AP-1, AP-2, other bind to PI-phosphate (in their specific combination) + bind cargo in membrane:
- many different signals for selection of cargo (mono-Ub, phosphorylation, etc.)
- Arf GTPase assists some adaptors, but does not initiate CCVs
Clathrin coat binds the adaptors
*Can also have actin involved in coating?