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. 1998 Dec 1;17(23):6863–6870. doi: 10.1093/emboj/17.23.6863

New COP1-binding motifs involved in ER retrieval.

P Cosson 1, Y Lefkir 1, C Démollière 1, F Letourneur 1
PMCID: PMC1171034  PMID: 9843492

Abstract

Coatomer-mediated sorting of proteins is based on the physical interaction between coatomer (COP1) and targeting motifs found in the cytoplasmic domains of membrane proteins. For example, binding of COP1 to dilysine (KKXX) motifs induces specific retrieval of tagged proteins from the Golgi back to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Making use of the two-hybrid system, we characterized a new sequence (deltaL) which interacts specifically with the delta-COP subunit of the COP1 complex. Transfer of deltaL to the cytoplasmic domain of a reporter membrane protein resulted in its localization in the ER, in yeast and mammalian cells. This was due to continuous retrieval of tagged proteins from the Golgi back to the ER, in a manner similar to the ER retrieval of KKXX-tagged proteins. Extensive mutagenesis of deltaL identified an aromatic residue as a critical determinant of the interaction with COP1. Similar COP1-binding motifs containing an essential aromatic residue were identified in the cytoplasmic domain of an ER-resident protein, Sec71p, and in an ER retention motif previously characterized in the CD3epsilon chain of the T-cell receptor. These results emphasize the role of the COP1 complex in retrograde Golgi-to-ER transport and highlight its functional similarity with clathrin-adaptor complexes.

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