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The activity of Sac1 across ER-TGN contact sites requires the four-phosphate-adaptor-protein-1.

Rossella VendittiMaria Chiara MasoneLaura Rita RegaGiuseppe Di TullioMichele SantoroElena PolishchukIvan Castello SerranoVesa M OlkkonenAkihiro HaradaDiego Luis MedinaRaffaele La MontagnaMaria Antonietta De Matteis
Published in: The Journal of cell biology (2019)
Phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate (PI4P), a phosphoinositide with key roles in the Golgi complex, is made by Golgi-associated phosphatidylinositol-4 kinases and consumed by the 4-phosphatase Sac1 that, instead, is an ER membrane protein. Here, we show that the contact sites between the ER and the TGN (ERTGoCS) provide a spatial setting suitable for Sac1 to dephosphorylate PI4P at the TGN. The ERTGoCS, though necessary, are not sufficient for the phosphatase activity of Sac1 on TGN PI4P, since this needs the phosphatidyl-four-phosphate-adaptor-protein-1 (FAPP1). FAPP1 localizes at ERTGoCS, interacts with Sac1, and promotes its in-trans phosphatase activity in vitro. We envision that FAPP1, acting as a PI4P detector and adaptor, positions Sac1 close to TGN domains with elevated PI4P concentrations allowing PI4P consumption. Indeed, FAPP1 depletion induces an increase in TGN PI4P that leads to increased secretion of selected cargoes (e.g., ApoB100), indicating that FAPP1, by controlling PI4P levels, acts as a gatekeeper of Golgi exit.
Keyphrases
  • endoplasmic reticulum
  • protein kinase
  • estrogen receptor
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • magnetic resonance
  • small molecule
  • protein protein
  • amino acid