Sec17/Sec18 act twice, enhancing membrane fusion and then disassembling cis-SNARE complexes

  1. Hongki Song
  2. Amy Orr
  3. Mengtong Duan
  4. Alexey J Merz
  5. William Wickner  Is a corresponding author
  1. Geisel School of Medicine, United States
  2. University of Washington, United States
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The multiple interactions of proteins and membranes for fusion.

A working model of the proteins and membranes as assembled prior to vacuole or proteoliposome fusion. From Zick et al. (2015).

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Figure 2 with 1 supplement
Stimulation of fusion by Sec18 does not require ATP hydrolysis, while Sec18-mediated disassembly of cis-SNARE complexes requires ATP hydrolysis.

(A) The fusion of Ypt7(GTP):R-SNARE proteoliposomes with Ypt7(GTP):QaQb-SNARE proteoliposomes with added Qc-SNARE and HOPS is stimulated by Sec17, Sec18, and ATP or ATPγS. (B) ATP hydrolysis is …

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Figure 2—figure supplement 1
Average and standard deviations of fusion after 30 min for triplicate assays as in Figure 2, relative to the maximal fusion condition.

In panel A, the relative fusion after 10 min is also shown for reactions with HOPS, Sec17, Sec18, and ATP or ATPγS.

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Figure 3 with 4 supplements
Fusion of Ypt7(GTP):R-SNARE and Ypt7(GTP):QaQb-SNARE proteoliposomes in the presence of HOPS, Qc, ATP or ATPγS, and Sec17 (wild type or mutants) and/or Sec18, as indicated.

Fusion conditions were as described in Materials and methods. (A) Fusion with ATPγS. (B) Fusion with ATP. Sec17 was wild type (wt) or had the mutations F21S,M22S (FSMS), K159E,K163E (KEKE), or …

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Figure 3—source data 1

Source data file (Excel) for Figure 3 Parts A, B, and C.

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Figure 3—figure supplement 1
Average and standard deviations of fusion after 30 min for triplicate assays as in Figure 3, relative to the maximal fusion condition.

Blue bars are for incubations from part A, with ATPγS, and black bars from part B, with ATP.

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Figure 3—figure supplement 2
The assembly of a complex of soluble vacuolar SNAREs with Sec17 allows both the sSNAREs and the Sec17 to bind to liposomes (Zick et al., 2015).

(A) The sSNAREs (deprived of their trans-membrane anchor domains) were mixed with Sec17 and protein-free liposomes, incubated, and the liposomes and bound proteins were isolated by floatation, as …

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Figure 3—figure supplement 3
Without productive interaction between Sec17 and Sec18, there are equivalent fusion kinetics in the presence of ATP or ATPγS.

Data are from Figure 3A and B, which were part of the same experiment.

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Figure 3—figure supplement 4
The Sec17 K159E,K163E or F21S,M22S mutations diminish fusion to the same extent in incubations with ATP or ATPγS, and there is similar enhancement of fusion by hydrolysable ATP for each Sec17, wild-type or mutants.

Data are from Figure 3A and B, which were part of the same experiment.

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Figure 4 with 1 supplement
Membrane-anchoring Sec17 bypasses the requirement for the apolarity of its N-domain loop.

The transmembrane domain from the Qb-SNARE Vti1 was joined to the N-terminus of Sec17 (wt) or Sec17 F21S,M22S (FSMS) to give TM-Sec17 (wt) and TM-Sec17 FSMS. (A) No Sec17, (B) TM-Sec17 (wt), or C). …

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Figure 4—source data 1

Source data file (Excel) for Figure 4 Parts A, B, and C.

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Figure 4—figure supplement 1
Average and standard deviations of fusion after 30 min for triplicate assays as in Figure 4, relative to the maximal fusion condition.

Proteoliposomes bore TM-Sec17 wild-type or TM-Sec17 F21S,M22S as indicated, and reactions had HOPS, Sec18, Sec18 with ATP, or Sec18 with ATPγS as indicated.

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Figure 5 with 1 supplement
Requirements for fusion in the absence of C-terminal SNARE domain zippering.

(A) Fusion is lost without SNARE zippering unless ATP is replaced by ATPγS. The fusion of proteoliposomes with Ypt7:GTP and either the R-SNARE or QaQb-SNAREs in the presence of Sec17 and Sec18 was …

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Figure 5—figure supplement 1
Average and standard deviations of fusion after 30 min for triplicate assays as in Figure 5, relative to the maximal fusion condition.
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Figure 6 with 1 supplement
Fusion of proteoliposomes with Qc-3Δ.

(A) Fusion reactions were performed with ATPγS as in Figure 3A, but with Qc-3Δ instead of Qc. (B) Fusion reactions were performed as in part A, but with ATP instead of ATPγS. Sec17 was wild type …

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Figure 6—source data 1

Source data file (Excel) for Figure 6 Parts A and B.

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Figure 6—source data 2

Source data file (Excel) for Figure 6C.

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Figure 6—figure supplement 1
Average and standard deviations of fusion after 30 min for triplicate assays as in Figure 6C, relative to the maximal fusion condition in panels A and C, and as % lumenal compartment mixing in panel B.
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Figure 7 with 1 supplement
Assembly of an intermediate for rapid, Sec17-triggered fusion.

Fusion incubations were performed with Ypt7:GTP, 1R-SNARE proteoliposomes and Ypt7:GTP, QaQb-SNARE proteoliposomes in the presence of HOPS, Sec17, Sec18, ATPγS, and Qc-3Δ as described in Materials …

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Figure 7—figure supplement 1
Average and standard deviations of the fusion rate for triplicate assays as in Figure 7.

Open bars are the average rate for the first 20 min, filled bars are the average rates for the first 6 min after the restoration of the missing component(s) at 20 min. One outlier data point was …

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