Asymmetric tethering of flat and curved lipid membranes by a golgin

Science. 2008 May 2;320(5876):670-3. doi: 10.1126/science.1155821.

Abstract

Golgins, long stringlike proteins, tether cisternae and transport vesicles at the Golgi apparatus. We examined the attachment of golgin GMAP-210 to lipid membranes. GMAP-210 connected highly curved liposomes to flatter ones. This asymmetric tethering relied on motifs that sensed membrane curvature both in the N terminus of GMAP-210 and in ArfGAP1, which controlled the interaction of the C terminus of GMAP-210 with the small guanine nucleotide-binding protein Arf1. Because membrane curvature constantly changes during vesicular trafficking, this mode of tethering suggests a way to maintain the Golgi architecture without compromising membrane flow.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • ADP-Ribosylation Factor 1 / metabolism
  • Binding Sites
  • Cell Line
  • Cytoskeletal Proteins
  • GTPase-Activating Proteins / metabolism
  • Golgi Apparatus / chemistry
  • Golgi Apparatus / metabolism
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Intracellular Membranes / chemistry*
  • Intracellular Membranes / metabolism
  • Liposomes
  • Membrane Lipids / chemistry*
  • Nuclear Proteins / chemistry*
  • Nuclear Proteins / metabolism
  • Recombinant Proteins / chemistry
  • Recombinant Proteins / metabolism

Substances

  • ARFGAP1 protein, human
  • ARFGAP3 protein, human
  • Cytoskeletal Proteins
  • GTPase-Activating Proteins
  • Liposomes
  • Membrane Lipids
  • Nuclear Proteins
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • TRIP11 protein, human
  • ADP-Ribosylation Factor 1