PMID: 9547306Jun 4, 1998Paper

The distribution and translocation of the G protein ADP-ribosylation factor 1 in live cells is determined by its GTPase activity

Journal of Cell Science
C VasudevanG Romero

Abstract

ADP-ribosylation factors (ARF) are small G proteins that play key roles in vesicular transport processes. We have studied the distribution of ARF1 in live cells using chimeras of ARF1 mutants (wild type (wt) ARF1; Q71L-ARF1 (reduced GTPase); T31N (low affinity for GTP); and (Delta)Nwt (deletion of amino acids 2-18)) with green fluorescent protein (GFP). Confocal microscopy studies showed that the wt and Q71L proteins were localized in the Golgi and cytoplasm. The (Delta)Nwt and the T31N mutants were exclusively cytoplasmic. The behavior of the wt and Q71L proteins was studied in detail. About 15% of wt-ARF1-GFP was bound to the Golgi. Bound wt-ARF1-GFP dissociated rapidly after addition of Brefeldin A (BFA). This process did not appear to be a consequence of BFA-induced disappearance of the Golgi. Photobleaching recovery showed that essentially all the ARF-GFP was mobile, although it diffused very slowly. In contrast, about 40-50% of the Q71L mutant was found in the Golgi, and its rate of dissociation in the presence of BFA was slow and biphasic. Q71L-ARF1-GFP diffused more slowly than the wt. We conclude that ARF1 proteins exist in a dynamic equilibrium between Golgi-bound and cytosolic pools, and that the translocation of ARF...Continue Reading

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