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Membrane Trafficking Flashcards

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benefits of compartments and membrane trafficking

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allows for:
-specialisation and complexity within cell
-enzymes modifying specific sub-sets of proteins in certain environments (glycosylation, proteolysis…), certain post translational machinery only found in certain compartments
-Proteins need to be moved between organelles in sequential organelles
-Retrieval and recycling of proteins/lipids back to resident compartment (HOMEOSTASIS)

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downsides of compartmentalisation

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cargo and trafficking factors need to get through membrane barriers

components need efficient targeting to correct compartments

need to maintain homeostasis to maintain function of the pathways

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methods for studying membrane trafficking

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cell biology (microscopy)
biochemistry (in vitro reconstitution)
genetics (yeast)

combining these approaches can be v powerful

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George Palade expriment to describe exocrine pancreatic acinar cells

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slice of guinea pig pancreas
PULSE CHASE experiment
-incubate slice in dish w radioactive leucine, gets incorporated into proteins, in this cell type most of which go through secretory pathway
-can detect where radioactivity is with photographic emulsion

-3 mins after pulse, radioactivity found all over ER membranes - where newly synthesised proteins are found

-10 mins after pulse - no longer any in ER, instead enriched in golgi

-40 mins after pulse - now localised in excretory vesicles moving out of cell

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when do proteins enter the ER

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proteins destined for the ER lumen are localised there co-translationally (ribosomes dock on the Rough ER)

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GFP pulse chase (more modern method for George Palade experiment similar)

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instead of radaioactivity

use GFP tags and Fluorescence microscopy

can use drug that halts protein synthesis to end the Pulse

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What does crossing of compartment membranes require?

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requires:
-signal sequence
-sometimes an RNP signal recognition particle (SRP)
-signal receptor
-translocation channel
-source of energy, ensuring unidirectional transfer

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Bloebel’s in vitro reconstitution of ER translocation

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mix fractions from different cell types in vitro to reconstiture complicated biochemical reactions in vitro
eg translocation across ER

Break up ER into vesicles
Microsomes constructed from rough ER have ribosomes so are more dense
allows fractionation to isolate them from other membranes in the cell
Any labelled protein synthesised and translocated by these will be protected within the microsome from added proteases
(control where detergent is used to disrupt the microsomes)

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2 types of ER import

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-Co-translational
-Post translational

depends on the type of protein

in co-translational - completed proteins are unable to cross the membrane due to their folding - even if they have the signal sequence
-NEEDS to be done during synthesis before folding
-would need to completely unfold them to get them across translocon

i guess can test this by either conudcting the microsome/protease experiment during translation (adding IgG mRNA) vs adding fully translated protein (eg IgG)

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Co-translational translocation process

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-Ribosomes on the mRNA
-Translation produces N-terminus first - where the signal sequence is (10-12 hydrophobic AAs)
-An SRP (signal recognition particle) recognises the signal sequence as it exits the ribosome
-SRP is recognised by ER membrane receptor
-GTP hydrolysis (by the receptor?) releases the SRP and Flips the Signal peptide into the channel
-translocation as rest of polypeptide is pushed through into ER lumen
-SRP can be recycled for another round of signal recognition

-secretory protein in the ER lumen has its signal peptide cleaved by Signal peptidase
protein can now be Folded

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The SRP - signal recognition particle

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Highly conserved
bacterial form can target mammalian proteins to ER lumen

an RNP(ribonucleoprotein) made of folded RNA and protein

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Problems with identifying ER import channel

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is a hydrophobic membrane protein
hard to study in lab

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Experiment for studying the ER translocation channel

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cross linking experiment

Photoreactive Lysine residues engineered into protein that crossed ER membrane (Preprolactin)
cross link with light
i guess can then immunoprecipitate via the known peptide

identified the Sec61 polypeptide - oligomerises to form the channel
lipid vesicles containing Sec61 sufficient for translocartion

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energy source for co-translational translocation into ER

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chain elongation at the ribosome

the energy of peptides being added pushes it through

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Yeast Sec mutant selection

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so that only mutants defective in the Sec pathway will grow
use histidine production enzyme as reporter:
-add ER translocation tag
-WT cell translocate into ER where Histidinol isnt present - so cannot produce histidine
-No such translocation in Sec mutant: reporter enzyme remains where it is and can produce histidine

grow on medium w/out histidine but with histidinol

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Post translational translocation into ER lumen: signal peptide difference

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Have signal sequences that are not sufficiently hydrophobic to engage the SRP until AFTER translation is complete

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post translational translocation into ER requirements

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requires:
-Cytosolic components
-ATP (no energy from peptide chain elongation by ribosome)
-use sec61 channe, but assisted by additional membrane factors (sec62/63)
-ER resident protein Kar2/BiP/GRP78 acts as molecular ratchet to create force for translocation

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Cytosolic components of Post translational translocation

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HSP70 chaperones maintain the substrate in a translocation competent state

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Post translational translocation into ER lumen process

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– signal peptide associates w SRP, associates w receptor
– polypeptide/chaperone (HSP70) complex associates with translocon (Sec61)
– Sec62/63 complex next to channel
– luminal binding protein (BiP) binds the protein on the lumen side
– hydrolyses ATP and ratchets the polypeptide into lumen

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what happens inside the ER?

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-signal peptide cleavage
-glycosylation (cell:cell adhesion, communication)
-Folding (disuflide isomerase eg)
-Further proteolytic cleavage (mainly happens in golgi tho)
-quality control

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ER lumen - Addition and processing of N-linked oligosaccharides

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-polypeptide enters ER lumen
-carbohydrate chains transferred by donor ASAP
-N-acetyl glucosamine, with mannose on it, then glucose on the end of that - all in 1 step
-N-linked oligosaccharides typically added to Asparagine residue (typically Asparagine-x-Serine-Threonine)

the glucose and one of the mannose is trimmed off before transfer to golgi

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Quality control in the ER lumen: Calnexin and Glucosyl transferase

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-unfolded protein - has glucose on its n-linked oligosaccharide
-glucose trimmed, partial folding
-different form of carbohydrate on it now - recognised by Calnexin (membrane protein), which hangs on to it by the single glucose on end
-it is then recognised by glucosidase, cleaves this glucose so calnexin not holding anymore
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-if properly folded can leave
-if not, but is in conformation that glucosyl transferase recognises - then it adds back the glucose
-can be held by calnexin again
-this keeps it in the ER until glucosyl transferase no longer recognises it (presumably when all the hydrophobic residues have folded to face inwards) and it is properly folded
-can exit ER after that

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formation and rearrangement of disulfide bonds in ER lumen:

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PDI protein can change electrons and enable various forms of disulfide bonds to be tested
PDI itself needs to be oxidised to carry these out
-Ero1 protein helps in this
-Ero1 itsefl oxidised by free oxygen diffusing into ER

can rearrange incorrect disulfides until best conformation reached

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Misfolding in the ER - Export and degradation purpose

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sometimes misfolding is so bad that machinery cannot sort it out to give functional fold
-dont want to keep passing this useless protein around, or out of the cell and lose resources
-instead cell recycles the AAs

ERAD pathway

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ERAD pathway

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ER associated degradation pathway

-misfolded proteins recognised by resident ER chaperones
-spending too long in a complex with these ends up with being passed through a translocator out of ER to cytoplasm

-Translocator has AAA-ATPase - helps force the polypeptide out
-cytoplasmic polyubiquitin adds ubiquitin chains onto the polypeptide as it enters the cytosol
-Directs it to proteasome where it is degraded into its constituent AAs

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Unfolded protein response summary

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Normal proteins dont leave ER until properly folded

mutations causing misfolding block exit from ER
proteins remain bound to folding chaperones
eg:
-BiP
-Calnexin

cells respond to the presence of these unfolded proteins by increasing transcription of chaperone genes

need signals to get from ER to nucleus
involves a number of pathways:
-IRE1 pathway
-PERK pathway
-ATF6 pathway

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IRE1 pathway

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a Splicing pathway

misfolded protein recognised by ER
-IRE1 Transmembrane Protein kinases act as misfolded protein receptors
-recognition causes them to dimerise
-unmasks their endoribonuclease activity
-can now splice out a key intron in a particular pre-mRNA
-this mRNA now produces a TF
-turns on chaperone genes in nucleus
-extra reinforcements helps deal with misfolded proteins

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PERK pathway

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PERK TM receptor kinase
-kinase activity phosphorylates and inactivate a Translation initiation factor
-reduces the levels of new proteins translated - reducing proteins trying to enter ER which could cause more problems (eg blocking pathways)

also allows for selective transaltion of the Chaperones

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AFT6 pathway

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Receptor undergoes conformational change when activated
leads to its regulated proteolysis in the Golgi
releases a subunit which acts as a TF for activating chaperones

part of multiple TFs that go to nucleus turning on chaperones to increase folding capacity of ER in response to stress

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Example of protein folding complications in cell: Cystic Fibrosis - CFTR F508 deletion

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CFTR - cystic fibrosis TM conductance regulator
takes 30mins to translate and fold
-even in the WT a significant fraction is targeted for degradation

the F508 deletion causes nearly the entire pool to not fold well and be degraded
destroying the entire CFTR pool before it can reach the membrane
the delta-F508 mutant can actually function if it reaches the membrane
but it never does as the mutation causes it to be recognised as a target for degradation.

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Advantages of yeast as model organism

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can grow as 1n and 2n, good for genetic studies

entire genome known and annotated

cheap and easy to grow in large quantities - good for biochem studies

conserved fundamental pathways (eg secretory)

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disadvantages of yeast as model organism

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linited cell-cell contact - uninformative about multicellularity

small, so high res imaging of intracellular compartments is difficult

cell wall, can prevent certain studies

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screening genes required for secretion pathway

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whole pathway too complicated to reconstitute as one in vitro
so use genetics

so instead isolate mutants defective in secretion
-is essential process so use temperature sensitive/conditional mutants

mutant will be defective in membrane trafficking

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rescue experiments in yeast secretion mutants

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will be recessive loss of function mutants in screen
so WT gene can rescue the phenotype

useful for isolating the WT gene

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identifying secretion defective mutants

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vesicles are prevented from being secreted
so secreted proteins in the vesicles accumulate within the cell
leads to increase in cell density
-can mutagenise yeast cells
-centrifuge/fractionate these sec- mutants out from others at restrictive temperature

the accumulated proteins would be normally secreted ones
-invertase
-acid phosphatase

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analysing the sec- mutants collected in the density screen

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can look at alterations in normal ultra-structure of cells with Electron Microscopy
eg:
-accumulation of vesicles
-abberant membranous structures
-accumulation of golgi discs stacking together

certain proteins can also be detected that are modified at diff stages in the secretory pathway (glycosylation, proteolysis)
eg look at ability to secrete invertase and acid phosphatase permissive/restrictive temps
-sec- mutants fail to export active versions of these BUT continue to synthesise protein under restrictive temps

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identifying genes from sec mutant screens

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complementation tests
-cross two mutants
-if phenotype is not rescued then can assume that mutation is in same gene
-if rescued then in diff genes

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identifying order of genes in the secretion pathway in the sec mutants

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eg sec7,18 double mutant

– use invertase as marker,as it simply gets bigger as it goes through the secretory pathway
– all mutants arrest at some point in the secretory pathway
– but diff mutants at diff points - where different carbohydrate modifications are present on invertase

run invertase from sec7, sec18, sec7,18 and sec18, +known later mutation on gel
the double mutant invertase looks like the sec18 single mutant on gel
so sec7 is important LATER in the pathway than 18

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yeast alpha factor different modiifications through sec pathway

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WT secreted alpha factor is cleaved into multiple small peptides
if arrested before that will go ER-Golgi-Vacuole and be one large protein instead

can see diff in size on gel

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different classes of Sec mutants

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-class A: ER import defect
-class B: Stuck in ER, ER budding vesicles not formed
-class C: Stuck in ER to golgi transport vesicles
-class D: accumulation in golgi - defective in transoirt from golgi to secretory vesicles
-class E - accumulate in secretory vesicles, transport from vesicles to cell surface defective

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downside of yeast mutagenesis screen - not capturing all secretory pathway genes

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the temp sensitive screen identified ts sec mutants, not all genes can cause this phenotype when mutated

then only considered secretion to plasma membrane
defects in transport to vacuoles, endosomes not idetified

any redundantly functioning genes wouldnt be identified
relevant due to historic WGD in S. Cerevisiae

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synthetic lethality

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mutation of two genes results in cell death
BUT the single mutations dont cause cell death
suggests genes are very close

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COPII

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membrane coat formed by sec proteins
drive vesicle budding from the ER
these vesicles are coated by COPII

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assembly of COPII coats

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Sar1 drives assembly of COPII coats
binds Sec12 on ER membrane on the cytosolic side
Hydrolyses its bound GTP, causing a conformational change where its hydrophobic N-terminus becomes lodged in the membrane

Sec23/24 bind Sar1 and cargo on the cytosolic side of membrane and form the COPII coat

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Sec24 activity in COPII coat formation

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is a coincidence receptor
binds cargo proteins and Erv14 (cargo receptor) to drive ER export

interacts with cargo in the vesicle
this communicates cargo density
so vesicles can coordinate budding when a good amount of cargo is present

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Jim Rothman’s cell free assay of golgi transport stuff

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viral protein from VSV-infected WT and mutant cells
can use modifications present on this protein to monitor where in golgi it is

mutant cell’s viral protein cannot process these carbohydrates in its golgi as the membranes dont have the correct enzyme
so is transported w/out modification

But incubate this protein isolated from the mutant cells
with Golgi isolated from WT non infected cells
protein can now be modified

can use these modifications as transport location markers

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vesicles and non-hydrolysable GTP

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coated vesicles accumulate in vitro in presence of non-hydrolysable GTP

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COPI coated vesicles

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was first assumed that these vesicles were transporting cargo through the golgi

ARF GTPase dimerisation important in assembly

are they secretory or retrograde
or both

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SNARE hypothesis

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Each vesicle has one kind of SNARE on it (V SNARE)
its target membrane has a diff kind of SNARE (T SNARE)
-will drive the fusion reaction between these membranes - also drives specificity of membrane fusion (along w other specificity factors)

SNAP receptors also in membranes

zippering (SNAREpins) drives fusion

Rab GTPases at further specificity

V SNARE not involved in budding
but once budded off, SNAREs are key drivers of vesicle and target interaction and fusion

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SNARE specificity and evidence

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used artificial liposomes to test all potential yeast v-SNARES for their capacity to trigger fusion by partnering with t-SNARES for:
-golgi membrane
-vacuole membrane
-PM
which v-SNAREs like to fuse with which t-SNAREs?

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Vesicle fusion process

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Vesicle has v-SNARE and Rab-GTP on surface

Rab-GTP interacts with Golgin (tethering factor)
-docking step, interaction with surface but no fusion yet

This allows v- and t-SNAREs to interact
forms trans-SNARE complex

GTP hydrolysis on Rab-GTP->GDP during fusion via trans-SNARE complex

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forward transport signals in sec pathway

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there is specific uptake of secretory proteins and v-SNAREs into COPII-coated vesicles

both Sec23/24 COPII coat proteins are necessary to recognise cargo-packaging signals

Erv29 (conserved membrane protein) required to package pro-alpha factor into COPII vesicles
Export is saturable and depends on level of Erv29 expressed in cell

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COPII vs COPI vs clathrin vesicles

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COPII - forward - ER to golgi

COPI - forward and backwards from golgi

clathrin - later stages - incl. secretion to extracellular space

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Drug experiments - Brefeldin A

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reversibly inhibits ARF GTPase activation

golgi disassembles in minutes and fuses w ER

if brefeldin washed out soon enough golgi can reform

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Golgi Cisternal Progression

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whole stacks of Golgi moving and maturing
(as opposed to backward transport through golgi via transport COPI vesicles)

eg algal scales
-too large to fit in transport vesicles
-same case for collagen aggregates in humans

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Live imaging evidence of cisternal progression

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Vrg4-GFP - expressed in early golgi - green

Sec7-DsRed - late golgi expressed

stacks of golgi are dynamic - are present throughout cell not stacked together
yet still get sequential transport

focus on one green spot (early golgi) and track over time
-starts green
-becomes yellow (coexpression GFP+DsRed fusion proteins)
-Then red, losing early marker
can argue that this shows it maturing over time

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Model of Cisternal Progression

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Golgi Cisternae move along and mature from early to late

Then COPI vesicles move backwards and transport things retrograde through golgi

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proteins w/ KDEL signal

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ER resident proteins (PDI, BiP, GRP94) have c-terminal KDEL sequence

this is necessary and sufficient for ER localisation

HOWEVER their Carbohydrate modifications show that they reach the Cis-Golgi
so they are retrieved/recycled BACK INTO the ER
-reach golgi and come back to ER
-its a waste to secrete these ER proteins that get caught up in COPII coated vesicles
-so mechanisms to retrieve/recycle them
-also for recycling membrane too

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Identifying the receptor for KDEL sequence

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Anti-idiotypic Ab

Biochem - KDEL binding columns

Genetic screens - erd mutants

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Anti-idiotypic Ab (identification of KDEL receptor)

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2 cycles of immunisation:
-inject KDEL into mice
-get anti KDEL Ab
-inject these anti KDEL Ab into another mouse
-get anti-anti-KDEL Ab

Hopefully get some of these Anti-anti-KDEL Ab which interact w the KDEL receptor in the same way KDEL does
-screen cell extracts for proteins that they interact with
-in hope to find KDEL receptor
this identified a 72kDa protein but it did not have the right properties

risky apprach
lots that can go wrong

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Biochem - KDEL binding column

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good chance that KDEL receptor is a membrane protein
hard to work with biochemically

also dont want KDEL binding the receptor in the ER but in golgi condiitons
so binding assays may have wrong conditions for binding and hence not find it

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Genetic screens for erd mutants

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mutagenise yeast
check for ER resident protein recycling defects

Invertase-FEHDEL fusion protein
-only 5% is secreted in non erd mutants
-but is golgi modified
-so is recycled

use colony assays to detect external invertase activity shown in recycling mutants

complementation tests identified erd1 and erd2
-their protein products are involved in either HDEL recognition or in the recycling process
-can sequence the genes and infer their function through sequence

ERD1 is golgi membrane protein

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ERD2

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encoded the HDEL receptor
overexpression of it increases the capacity of the HDEL recycling system
suggesting it is the receptor

determine the specificity of the sorting system
eg Kluyveromyces lactis ERD2 recycles DDEL when expressed in S. cerevisiae
-also suggesting receptor activity

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ERD2 deletion mutant

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is lethal
“poisons” the golgi complex
stops regular golgi activity

ERD2 deletion stops golgi from working - fatal

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Golgi to ER retrieval

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ER proteins end up in COPII coated vesicle
transports them to golgi
KDEL receptor recognises the KDEL peptide on the ER protein
retrieves them and recycles them back to the ER in COPI coated vesicles

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Recycling of membrane proteins

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similar idea
diff signals to luminal ER proteins
-KKXX cytoplasmic c-terminal retrieval signal
-XRRX signal

COPI mutants are unable to retrieve these
and so is important in their retrieval

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Trans Golgi sorting

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some proteins go straight to PM for secretion
some to endosomes
some to lysosomes
and some back to ER

several mechanisms to sort them
diff vesicles have diff coats
eg:
-COPI
-Clathrin

two pathways to cell surface:
-Regulated one
-Constitutive one

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The Exocyst (eeyikes!)

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Octameric complex of Sec proteins
invovled in tethering secretory vesicles to the PM prior to SNARE mediated fusion
important for final exocytosis step
eg for a vesicle with PM targeted proteins

cell cycle regulated
-because is also involved in targeting things to cytokinetic ring in cell division

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Regulated vs constitutive secretion

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all cells constitutively secrete

but some are also able to store proteins in special secretory vesicles
-can sort proteins - no known clear signals tho
-Can aggragate (with Chromogranins) due to the lower pH of the late golgi

proteases process these secretory proteins
process pre-forms in to mature secreted forms
eg:
-Pro-insulin in earlier less dense vesicles
-cleavage in early vesicles
-mature insulin in later mature vesicles

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Clathrin coats:

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Heavy chains and light chains
forms triskeleton shape that comes together to form coat
are present on the cytoplasmic side of membrane
start of as coated pits that help form vesicle

ARF GTPases found in these coats - initiate coat assembly

mediate transport
T-Golgi to endosome
PM to endosome
Golgi to lysosome

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Adaptor proteins - specificity in golgi sorting

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adapter protein complexes
4 subunits
fill space between clathrin lattice and the membrane

bind cytosolic face of membrane proteins
sort cargo

AP1-endosomes
AP2-PM
AP3-lysosome
GGA-to endosomes

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Dynamin

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Performs the final step of vesicle pinching off and budding
requires a bit of energy

forms ring around budding vesicle neck
interact with clathrin and membrane proteins
Dynamin hydrolyses GTP and uses the energy to pinch off

not requried for COPII or COPI vesicles
-dimerisation of the ARF GTPase may substitute it

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Vacuolar/Lysosomal protein sorting

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Lysosome/vacuole full of proteolytic enzymes - need to keep them separated from rest of cell in there
so mis-sorting them can be bad

functions to degrade extracellular material taken up by endocytosis and also some intracellular components

lysosome resident enzymes are transported there through secretory pathway
at late golgi (Trans golgi network) they are sorted into pathway destined for lysosomes rather than PM

modification with Mannose-6-phosphate important for targeting

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Lysosomal storage diseases

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I cell disease: large inclusion bodies in lysosomes
the lysosomal enzymes are secreted instead of targeted to lysosome

cells lack the N-acetyl glucosamine phosphotransferase (no M6P on the residue on their proteins - a targeting signal)

BUT can take up M6P from cell surface so can still recognise M6P - have the receptor
just cant modify own proteins

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Mannose-6-Phosphate and M6P receptor

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Modification that targets soluble proteins to lysosomes

recognised in Trans-golgi network (pH6.5) by M6P receptors

M6P receptors are sorted into clathrin/AP1 vesicles

Bud, lose coats, then fuse with late endosome where cargo is released
-coat needs to be removed to expose SNAREs and reveal specificty/vesicle knows where to go

MGP receptor recycled

endosome fuses with lysosomes

same machinery also perfomrs endocytosis of M6P from outside of cell via the M6P receptor on the PM

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Vacuole/Lysosome protein sorting screens

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Carboxy peptidase Y protein targeted to vacuole
look for mutants that secrete it instead
look for extracellular CPY activity

can then combine mutants for complementation test/test the order of action of the genes in the pathway

77
Q

sorting to late endosome - CPY pathway

A

Carboxy peptidase Y synthesised in prepro form
transported through ER to golgi

Sorting:
in late golgi CPY is specifically recognised by a receptor Vps10
receptor mediated sorting

Transport:
cytoplasmic factors:
Clathrin
2 adaptors Gga1, Gga2
CPY dissociates from Vps10 at late endosome and is transported to vesicles where it is cleaved to generate mature form

Vps10 is retrieved to the late golgi through specific aromatic based signal in its protein seqeuence

78
Q

Sorting from golgi straight to vacuole - skipping endosome sorting

A

ALP and Vam3 traffick from golgi to vacuole directly bypassing endosomes

both proteins contain cytoplasmic domains with acidic dileucene sorting signals required for packaging into the correct sorting vesicles

Vesicles transporting ALP to the vacuole require AP3 but not Clathrin

79
Q

Mitochondria targeting in vitro reconstitution

A

-mt protein with mt uptake targeting sequence in tube
-add energised mitochondria
-proteins w signal sequence will be taken up
-add trypsin to tube
-only proteins taken up will be protected from proteolysis

there is an ATP requirement to get these proteins across membrane
chaperones to unfold already folded proteins inc cytoplasm and get them across
where they refold

80
Q

targeting process through both mitochonrial membranes into matrix

A

eg N-terminal targeting sequence that targets it all the way into matrix
-matrix signal recognised by import receptor
-receptor moves close to translocon
-signal goes through import pore followed by rest of polypeptide
-often keeps on going through different translocon on inner membrane if it has the right signal
-the Matrix chaperone Hsc70 pulls it in
-matrix processing protease cleaves the signal
-refilding of protein w chaperone help

81
Q

importance of unfolding and mitochondra targeting

A

fuse DHFR to protein that is normally imported into mitochondria

drug molecule induces DHFR to fold into compact form
prevents fusion protein from passing all the way through
part of it goes through both the outer and inner membrane translocons byt DHFR blocks it from going all the way through
-Pull the membranes together

can count the translocation sites
along with electron microscopy and Ab to DHFR w gold particles

82
Q

Energy in mitochondrial translocation

A

ATP hydrolysis performed by cytosolic and matrix Hsc70 (chaperone)

mitochondria also pump protons across their membranes - generates a proton motive force
not sure exactly why it is needed for import
but cyanide leads to precursors binding receptors but no import
-perhaps due to +ve charges in the amphipatic helix are “elecrophoresed” and moved into the -ve charged interior by the membrane potential

83
Q

mitochondrial inner membrane translocation

A

not everything needs to go all the way into matrix
some are targeted to be transmembrane in the inner membrane:
start w matrix signal
then have signal along sequence that halts importthrough inner membrane
so that region stays in the membrane
-> TM protein

84
Q

types of TM proteins in mitochondria inner membrane - how they establish

A

1 pass - 1 halt signal that stays in membrane

2 passes - import -> 1 bit stay, then export of other part - 2nd pass - both ends on same side

many passes - multiple internal sequences that cause multiple passes through the membrane

85
Q

Mitochondrial intermembrane space targeting

A

Protein begins with matrix target sequence
then an intermembrane targeting sequence

cleavage of the intermembrane targeting sequence at the inner membrane translocon so protein ends up in IM space

OR

an intermembrane targeting sequence
goes through outer membrane
then Erv1 generates disulfide bonds
Mia40 transfers them to the protein
idk maybe not so important
guess its forcing the protein to fold before passing through inner membrane

86
Q

Mitochondrial fusion and fission

A

during cell division
need mitochondria to segregate into BOTH daughters as they cannot be generated de novo
need them to multiply and segregate them

87
Q

Inheritance of different organelles

A

ER and mitochiondria cannot be generated de novo

kinesin and dyenin driven movement across MTs used to move them in animal cells

ER (Myo4) and Mitochondria (Myo2) transported on actin by Myosin

88
Q

ER - Mitochondria contacts

A

regulate lipid synthesis
Ca2+ signalling - ER acts as Ca2+ store
mitochondrial biogenesis/fission
Apoptotic signalling - signals released from MT

interaction of two organelles

89
Q

Mitochondrial fission by interaction with ER

A

Have mitochondria and ER
kinesin motor and adapters links Mitochondria to motors
ER wraps around mitochondria
DRP (dynamin related protein) GTPase helps w fission - cinches off

90
Q

Chloroplasts

A

outer and inner membrane
then thylakoid membranes inside in stacks for light harvesting

91
Q

Peroxisomes

A

Can assemble de novo in eukaryotic cell
happens depending on physiological state of tissue - may or may not want them active

single membrane enclosed
diverse reactions - involving lipid metabolism
also a defense system for scavenging peroxides/ROS

PEX genes encode peroxins
which control:
– assembly
– division
– inheritance of peroxisomes

92
Q

Peroxisome import

A

Signal peptide: PTS1 signal
-recognised by PEX5 soluble receptor in cytoplasm
-PEX5 receptor recognised by peroxisome membrane protein PEX14
-imports it along with the bound cargo protein
-cargo released and can go where it needs to

PEX5 needs to be recycled and exported from peroxisome - export channel encoded by PEX10 and 12

93
Q

Disease relevance of peroxisome biogenesis disorders

A

early death
tissues cannot deal with free radicals and fall apart
-ZSS
-RCDP

94
Q

PTS signals and receptors

A

PTS1 (C-terminal -SKL) recognised by Pex5
PTS2 (N-terminal nonapeptide) recognised by Pex7

PTS receptors can be recycled or Poly-Ub and degraded if peroxisomes not required

New peroxisomes generated by growth and fission of existing organelles
or by de novo biogenesis from the ER
-is the only ER derived organelle w its own Translocon

95
Q

Peroxisome biogenesis from the ER

A

involves vesicular transport of Peroxisomal membrane proteins (PMPs) from the ER

-Pex proteins leave ER in separate vesicles (diff proteins in each)
-vesicles later fuse - Heterotypic Fusion
-This combines the different Pex proteins in the same vesicle
-This allows it to begin importing Peroxisome targeted proteins

this means that peroxisome targeted proteins wont be targeted to the ER - just into peroxisome once Pex vesicles have fused to make it

96
Q

Endocytosis

A

PM invaginates into cell resulting in production of vesicle
that can then fuse to lysosomes

can be used to retrieve proteins that are part of secretory vesicle for recycling
downregulation of cell surface signalling
remodelling cell surface lipid/protein composition

also is a weak point for entry of pathogens and toxins

97
Q

Different modes of endocytosis

A

-Phagocytosis - large particles, actin mediated
-pinocytosis - liquid intake, membrane ruffling
-caveolae
-transcytosis - in polarised cells, endocytosis at one end of the cell followed by exocytosis at the other end

-Receptor mediated endocytosis - recognise something at cell surface via receptor
bind it
this enriches it in coated pits
endocytosed

98
Q

Screening endocytosis defective mutants in yeast

A

End- mutants that cannot internalise a fluid phase marker
(eg lucifer yellow)
or a bound pheremone alpha factor

99
Q

Cholesterol uptake

A

Transported in blood as cholesterol esters in form of low density lipoprotein (LDL)

cells need this to make new membranes, so they express a cell surface TM receptor that recognises LDL at neutral pH

internalised via Clathrin coated pits
NPXY sorting signal in receptor tail that interacts with AP2
dynamin dependent formation of vesicle
GTP hydrolysis releases coat
targets to late endosome
LDL released at low pH
then to lysosome
receptor recycled to PM

mutant receptor/AP2 leads to atherosclerosis (coronary heart disease)

100
Q

Transferrin Fe uptake

A

transferrin receptor on PM
into clathrin coated pit
dynamin dependent vesicle formation

101
Q

Multivesicular bodies

A

eg for trashing internal structures in the lysosome (badly damaged mitochondria…)

Inward budding of the endosome membrane into the lumen
-allows for lysosomal degradation of cell surface receptors (desensitised or damaged)

cargo is tagged w ubiquitin (mono), interacts with ubiquitinated Hrs and ESCRT proteins in the invaginations (endosomal sorting complexes required for transport)

102
Q

Autophagy

A

involves multivesicular bodies

cell breaks down its own organelles so pathogen (eg virus) cant use them

taken up and trashed in lysosome multivesicular bodies

103
Q

Synaptic vesicles

A

similar to regular secretory vesicles
have recycling cycle
-exocytosis/secretion
-followed by endocytosis/recycling

-proton antiporters create proton gradient which drives neurotransmitter import into vesicle
-Synaptotagmin on vesicle surface is important for fusion to membrane
-targeted to membrane via v/t-SNARE interactions
-though these alone are not sufficient to drive fusion at synaptic cleft so remain docked there
-until wave of Ca2+ import
-causes fusion to membrane

104
Q

botox treatment and vesicle fusion

A

inhibits v/t-SNARE interaction at the synaptic membrane

105
Q

Calcium influx - fusion in response action potential

A

action potential opens up calcium channels in membrane
causes calcium influx

causes Synaptotagmin to undergo a conformational change
causes release of complexin from the v/t-SNARE complex
causes membrane fusion

<1millisecond

106
Q
A

Molecular Cell Biology (5 decks)

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