Immunoisolation of Kex2p-containing organelles from yeast demonstrates colocalisation of three processing proteinases to a single Golgi compartment

J Cell Sci. 1993 Nov:106 ( Pt 3):815-22. doi: 10.1242/jcs.106.3.815.

Abstract

One of the Golgi compartments of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is defined by the presence of a specific endoproteinase, Kex2p, which cleaves precursor polypeptides at pairs of basic residues. We have used antibodies directed against the cytoplasmically disposed C-terminal domain of Kex2p to develop an immuno-affinity procedure for the isolation of Kex2p-containing organelles. The method gives a high yield of sealed organelles that are essentially free of contamination from other secretory pathway organelles while being significantly enriched for two other late Golgi enzymes, dipeptidylaminopeptidase A and the Kex1 carboxypeptidase. Our findings provide clear evidence for a single yeast Golgi compartment containing all three late-processing enzymes, which is likely to be the functional equivalent in yeast of the mammalian trans-Golgi network.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carboxypeptidases / metabolism
  • Centrifugation, Density Gradient
  • Dipeptidyl-Peptidases and Tripeptidyl-Peptidases / metabolism
  • Golgi Apparatus / metabolism
  • Immunoblotting
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Mutation
  • Organelles / enzymology
  • Proprotein Convertases*
  • Protein Processing, Post-Translational*
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / enzymology*
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / ultrastructure*
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins*
  • Subtilisins / metabolism*

Substances

  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
  • Carboxypeptidases
  • Dipeptidyl-Peptidases and Tripeptidyl-Peptidases
  • carboxypeptidase D
  • Proprotein Convertases
  • Subtilisins
  • KEX2 protein, S cerevisiae