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The Journal of Cell Biology, Vol 106, 39-50, Copyright © 1988 by The Rockefeller University Press

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Clathrin-coated vesicle assembly polypeptides: physical properties and reconstitution studies with brain membranes

DM Virshup and V Bennett
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205.

The assembly polypeptides are an integral component of coated vesicles and may mediate the linkage of clathrin to the vesicle membrane. We have purified assembly polypeptides in milligram quantities from bovine brain by an improved procedure. Hydrodynamic and chemical crosslinking studies indicate that the protein is an asymmetric heterotetramer with a molecular weight of 252,000, containing two subunits of Mr 98,000- 115,000, one subunit of 52,000, and one subunit of 16,000. Two- dimensional peptide maps of the subunits show that the 16- and 52-kD polypeptides are not derived from the higher molecular weight species, and that the group of bands at 98-115 kD are related. Electron microscopic visualization shows an essentially globular protein with one or two knob-like tails. We demonstrate a specific membrane protein binding site for 125I-labeled assembly polypeptides in 0.1 N sodium hydroxide-extracted bovine brain membranes based on the following criteria: (a) binding is displaceable by unlabeled ligand, (b) the binding site is destroyed by protease treatment of the membranes, and (c) the distribution of binding between vesicle-depleted membranes and coated vesicle membranes parallels the in vivo localization of assembly polypeptides and clathrin. This binding site is likely to be an integral membrane protein because (a) it is enriched in the sodium hydroxide-extracted membranes stripped of most of their peripheral membrane proteins, and (b) the binding site is partially extracted by 0.5% Triton X-100. A similar binding site appears to be present in coated vesicles. Clathrin binds to the hydroxide-stripped membranes in an assembly polypeptides dependent manner, and this binding is diminished by Triton extraction of the membranes. This assay may aid in identification of the membrane receptor for the assembly polypeptides.
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