Abstract
Transport of proteins from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to the Golgi is mediated by the sequential action of two coat complexes: COPII concentrates cargo for secretion at ER export sites, then COPI is subsequently recruited to nascent carriers and retrieves recycling proteins back to the ER. These carriers then move towards the Golgi along microtubules, driven by the dynein/dynactin complexes. Here we show that the Sec23p component of the COPII complex directly interacts with the dynactin complex through the carboxy-terminal cargo-binding domain of p150Glued. Functional assays, including measurements of the rate of recycling of COPII on the ER membrane and quantitative analyses of secretion, indicate that this interaction underlies functional coupling of ER export to microtubules. Together, our data suggest a mechanism by which membranes of the early secretory pathway can be linked to motors and microtubules for subsequent organization and movement to the Golgi apparatus.
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We are grateful to H.-P. Hauri, K. Simons, J. Simpson, F. Gorelick, I. Vernos, P. Keller, K. Vaughan, T. Schroer and V. Allan for gifts of reagents, to A. Geerlof for help with baculovirus expression, to J. Konkel and B. Joggerst for technical assistance, and to G. Banting, H. Mellor and J. Lane for discussions and critical reading of the manuscript. Work within the Stephens laboratory was supported by the Medical Research Council (through a Research Career Development Award to D.J.S.), the Wellcome Trust and the Royal Society. The University of Bristol Cell Imaging Facility was funded by an Infrastructure Award and Joint Research Equipment Initiative Grant from the Medical Research Council. We also thank Perkin Elmer, Leica Microsystems, Olympus Europe and Carl Zeiss for support of the Advanced Light Microscopy Facility at EMBL, Heidelberg. R.F. was funded by the EMBL predoctoral student programme.
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Watson, P., Forster, R., Palmer, K. et al. Coupling of ER exit to microtubules through direct interaction of COPII with dynactin. Nat Cell Biol 7, 48–55 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb1206
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