Intracellular targeting signals and lipid specificity determinants of the ALA/ALIS P4-ATPase complex reside in the catalytic ALA a-subunit

Rosa Laura Lopez Marques, Lisbeth Rosager Poulsen, Susanne Hanisch, Katharina Meffert, Morten Jeppe Buch-Pedersen, Mia Kyed Jakobsen, Thomas Günther-Pomorski, Michael Palmgren

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    Abstract

    Members of the P4 subfamily of P-type ATPases are believed to catalyze flipping of phospholipids across cellular membranes, in this way contributing to vesicle biogenesis in the secretory and endocytic pathways. P4-ATPases form heteromeric complexes with Cdc50-like proteins, and it has been suggested that these act as β-subunits in the P4-ATPase transport machinery. In this work, we investigated the role of Cdc50-like β-subunits of P4-ATPases for targeting and function of P 4-ATPase catalytic β-subunits. We show that the Arabidopsis P4-ATPases ALA2 and ALA3 gain functionality when coexpressed with any of three different ALIS Cdc50-like β-subunits. However, the final cellular destination of P4-ATPases as well as their lipid substrate specificity are independent of the nature of the ALIS β-subunit they were allowed to interact with.

    Original languageEnglish
    JournalMolecular Biology of the Cell
    Volume21
    Issue number5
    Pages (from-to)791-801
    Number of pages11
    ISSN1059-1524
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2010

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