PMID- 22123825 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120516 LR - 20211021 IS - 1083-351X (Electronic) IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 287 IP - 13 DP - 2012 Mar 23 TI - Propeptide of aminopeptidase 1 protein mediates aggregation and vesicle formation in cytoplasm-to-vacuole targeting pathway. PG - 10121-10133 LID - S0021-9258(20)65425-4 [pii] LID - 10.1074/jbc.M111.311696 [doi] AB - Misfolded protein aggregation causes disease and aging; autophagy counteracts this by eliminating damaged components, enabling cells to survive starvation. The cytoplasm-to-vacuole targeting pathway in yeast encompasses the aggregation of the premature form of aminopeptidase 1 (prApe1) in cytosol and its sequestration by autophagic proteins into a vesicle for vacuolar transport. We show that the propeptide of Ape1 is important for aggregation and vesicle formation and that it is sufficient for binding to prApe1 and Atg19. Defective aggregation disrupts vacuolar transport, suggesting that aggregate shape is important in vesicle formation, whereas Atg19 binding is not sufficient for vacuolar transport. Aggregation involves hydrophobicity, whereas Atg19 binding requires additional electrostatic interactions. Ape1 dodecamerization may cluster propeptides into trimeric structures, with sufficient affinity to form propeptide hexamers by binding to other dodecamers, causing aggregation. We show that Ape1 aggregates bind Atg19 and Atg8 in vitro; this could be used as a scaffold for an in vitro assay of autophagosome formation to elucidate the mechanisms of autophagy. FAU - Morales Quinones, Mariana AU - Morales Quinones M AD - Department of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211. FAU - Winston, Jared T AU - Winston JT AD - Department of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211. FAU - Stromhaug, Per E AU - Stromhaug PE AD - Department of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211. Electronic address: per@binghamton.edu. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20111128 PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (ATG19 protein, S cerevisiae) RN - 0 (ATG8 protein, S cerevisiae) RN - 0 (Autophagy-Related Protein 8 Family) RN - 0 (Autophagy-Related Proteins) RN - 0 (Enzyme Precursors) RN - 0 (Microtubule-Associated Proteins) RN - 0 (Receptors, Cell Surface) RN - 0 (Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins) RN - 0 (Vesicular Transport Proteins) RN - EC 3.4.11.- (Aminopeptidases) RN - EC 3.4.11.22 (APE1 protein, S cerevisiae) SB - IM MH - Aminopeptidases/genetics/*metabolism MH - Autophagy-Related Protein 8 Family MH - Autophagy-Related Proteins MH - Cytoplasm/*enzymology/genetics MH - Enzyme Precursors/genetics/*metabolism MH - Microtubule-Associated Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Protein Binding MH - Protein Multimerization/physiology MH - Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics/metabolism MH - Saccharomyces cerevisiae/*enzymology/genetics MH - Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Secretory Vesicles/*enzymology/genetics MH - Vacuoles/*enzymology/genetics MH - Vesicular Transport Proteins/genetics/metabolism PMC - PMC3323037 EDAT- 2011/11/30 06:00 MHDA- 2012/05/17 06:00 PMCR- 2013/03/23 CRDT- 2011/11/30 06:00 PHST- 2011/11/30 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/11/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/05/17 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/03/23 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0021-9258(20)65425-4 [pii] AID - M111.311696 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.M111.311696 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2012 Mar 23;287(13):10121-10133. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M111.311696. Epub 2011 Nov 28.