TY - JOUR AU - Cao, X. AU - Coskun, Ü. AU - Rössle, M. AU - Buschhorn, S. B. AU - Grzybek, M. AU - Dafforn, T. R. AU - Lenoir, M. AU - Overduin, M. AU - Simons, K. AU - DESY TI - Golgi protein FAPP2 tubulates membranes JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America VL - 106 SN - 1091-6490 CY - Washington, DC PB - Academy M1 - PHPPUBDB-12319 SP - 21121-21125 PY - 2009 AB - The Golgi-associated four-phosphate adaptor protein 2 (FAPP2) has been shown to possess transfer activity for glucosylceramide both in vitro and in cells. We have previously shown that FAPP2 is involved in apical transport from the Golgi complex in epithelial MDCK cells. In this paper we assign an unknown activity for the protein as well as providing structural insight into protein assembly and a low-resolution envelope structure. By applying analytical ultracentrifugation and small-angle x-ray scattering, we show that FAPP2 is a dimeric protein in solution, having a curved shape 30 nm in length. The purified FAPP2 protein has the capability to form tubules from membrane sheets in vitro. This activity is dependent on the phosphoinositide-binding activity of the PH domain of FAPP2. These data suggest that FAPP2 functions directly in the formation of apical carriers in the trans-Golgi network. KW - Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing: chemistry KW - Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing: metabolism KW - Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing: physiology KW - Animals KW - Cell Line KW - Dogs KW - Lipid Bilayers: metabolism KW - Phosphatidylinositols: metabolism KW - Protein Binding KW - Protein Conformation KW - Protein Multimerization KW - Solutions KW - trans-Golgi Network KW - Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing (NLM Chemicals) KW - Lipid Bilayers (NLM Chemicals) KW - PLEKHA8 protein, human (NLM Chemicals) KW - Phosphatidylinositols (NLM Chemicals) KW - Solutions (NLM Chemicals) LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 C6 - pmid:19940249 C2 - pmc:PMC2795549 UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000272795300022 DO - DOI:10.1073/pnas.0911789106 UR - https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/94235 ER -