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Rockefeller University Press, Journal of Cell Biology, 3(162), p. 403-412, 2003

DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200212101

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The ER v-SNAREs are required for GPI-anchored protein sorting from other secretory proteins upon exit from the ER

Journal article published in 2003 by Pierre Morsomme, Cristina Prescianotto-Baschong, Howard Riezman ORCID
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Abstract

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins exit the ER in distinct vesicles from other secretory proteins, and this sorting event requires the Rab GTPase Ypt1p, tethering factors Uso1p, and the conserved oligomeric Golgi complex. Here we show that proper sorting depended on the vSNAREs, Bos1p, Bet1p, and Sec22p. However, the t-SNARE Sed5p was not required for protein sorting upon ER exit. Moreover, the sorting defect observed in vitro with bos1–1 extracts was also observed in vivo and was visualized by EM. Finally, transport and maturation of the GPI-anchored protein Gas1p was specifically affected in a bos1–1 mutant at semirestrictive temperature. Therefore, we propose that v-SNAREs are part of the cargo protein sorting machinery upon exit from the ER and that a correct sorting process is necessary for proper maturation of GPI-anchored proteins.