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Science 18 July 2008:
Vol. 321. no. 5887, pp. 404 - 407
DOI: 10.1126/science.1159411
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Signal-Mediated Dynamic Retention of Glycosyltransferases in the Golgi

Linna Tu, William C. S. Tai,* Lu Chen, David K. Banfield{dagger}

Golgi-resident glycosyltransferases are a family of enzymes that sequentially modify glycoproteins in a subcompartment-specific manner. These type II integral membrane proteins are characterized by a short cytoplasmically exposed amino-terminal tail and a luminal enzymatic domain. The cytoplasmic tails play a role in the localization of glycosyltransferases, and coat protein complex I (COPI) vesicle–mediated retrograde transport is also involved in their Golgi localization. However, the tails of these enzymes lack known COPI-binding motifs. Here, we found that Vps74p bound to a pentameric motif present in the cytoplasmic tails of the majority of yeast Golgi-localized glycosyltransferases, as well as to COPI. We propose that Vps74p maintains the steady-state localization of Golgi glycosyltransferases dynamically, by promoting their incorporation into COPI-coated vesicles.

Department of Biology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China.

* Present address: Biomedical Science, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, SAR of the People's Republic of China.

{dagger} To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: bodkb{at}ust.hk

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