Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-27-1997
Publication Title
The Journal of Cell Biology
Department
Geisel School of Medicine
Abstract
Vacuole inheritance in yeast involves the for- mation of tubular and vesicular “segregation struc- tures” which migrate into the bud and fuse there to es- tablish the daughter cell vacuole. Vacuole fusion has been reconstituted in vitro and may be used as a model for an NSF-dependent reaction of priming, docking, and fusion. We have developed biochemical and micro- scopic assays for the docking step of in vitro vacuole fusion and characterized its requirements. The vacu- oles must be primed for docking by the action of Sec17p ( a -SNAP) and Sec18p (NSF). Priming is neces- sary for both fusion partners. It produces a labile state which requires rapid docking in order to lead produc- tively to fusion. In addition to Sec17p/Sec18p, docking requires the activity of the Ras-like GTPase Ypt7p. Un- like Sec17p/Sec18p, which must act before docking, Ypt7p is directly involved in the docking process itself.
DOI
10.1083/jcb.136.2.307
Original Citation
Mayer A, Wickner W. Docking of yeast vacuoles is catalyzed by the Ras-like GTPase Ypt7p after symmetric priming by Sec18p (NSF). J Cell Biol. 1997;136(2):307-317. doi:10.1083/jcb.136.2.307
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Mayer, Andreas and Wickner, William, "Docking of Yeast Vacuoles is Catalyzed by the Ras-like GTPase Ypt7p after Symmetric Priming by Sec18p (NSF)" (1997). Dartmouth Scholarship. 2654.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/2654
