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Eukaryotic Cell, August 2009, p. 1094-1105, Vol. 8, No. 8
1535-9778/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/EC.00076-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-Bisphosphate and Phospholipase D-Generated Phosphatidic Acid Specify SNARE-Mediated Vesicle Fusion for Prospore Membrane Formation{triangledown}

Rima Mendonsa and JoAnne Engebrecht*

Cell and Developmental Biology Graduate Group, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616

Received 4 March 2009/ Accepted 31 May 2009

The soluble N-ethylmaleimide sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) family of proteins is required for eukaryotic intracellular membrane fusions. Vesicle fusion for formation of the prospore membrane (PSM), a membrane compartment that forms de novo during yeast sporulation, requires SNARE function, phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate [PI(4,5)P2], and the activity of the phospholipase D (PLD) Spo14p, which generates phosphatidic acid (PA). The SNARE syntaxin Sso1p is essential for PSM production while the functionally redundant homolog in vegetative growth, Sso2p, is not. We demonstrate that Sso1p and Sso2p bind similarly in vitro to PA or phosphoinositide-containing liposomes and that the conserved SNARE (H3) domain largely mediates PA-binding. Both green fluorescent protein-Sso fusion proteins localize to the developing PSM in wild-type cells and to the spindle pole body in spo14{Delta} cells induced to sporulate. However, the autoregulatory region of Sso1p binds PI(4,5)P2-containing liposomes in vitro with a greater ability than the equivalent region of Sso2p. Overexpression of the phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinase MSS4 in sso1{Delta} cells induced to sporulate stimulates PSM production; PLD activity is not increased under these conditions, indicating that PI(4,5)P2 has roles in addition to stimulating PLD in PSM formation. These data suggest that PLD-generated PA and PI(4,5)P2 collaborate at multiple levels to promote SNARE-mediated fusion for PSM formation.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: One Shields Avenue, 149 Briggs, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616. Phone: (530) 754-6034. Fax: (530) 752-3085. E-mail: jengebrecht{at}ucdavis.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 5 June 2009.

Eukaryotic Cell, August 2009, p. 1094-1105, Vol. 8, No. 8
1535-9778/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/EC.00076-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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