First published online April 3, 2003; 10.1105/tpc.009779
The Plant Cell, Vol. 15, 1057-1070,
May 2003, Copyright © 2003,
American Society of Plant Biologists
Rha1, an Arabidopsis Rab5 Homolog, Plays a Critical Role in the Vacuolar Trafficking of Soluble Cargo Proteins
Eun Ju Sohna,b,
Eol Sun Kima,
Min Zhaoc,
Soo Jin Kima,
Hyeran Kimd,
Yong-Woo Kimd,
Yong Jik Leed,
Stefan Hillmere,
Uik Sohnb,
Liwen Jiangc and
Inhwan Hwang1,a,d
a Center for Plant Intracellular Trafficking, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784, Korea
b Department of Genetic Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea
c Department of Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
d Division of Molecular and Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784, Korea
e Heidelberg Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
1 To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail ihhwang{at}postech.ac.kr; fax 82-54-279-8159
Rab proteins are members of the Ras superfamily of small GTP binding proteins and play important roles in various intracellular trafficking steps. We investigated the role of Rha1, an Arabidopsis Rab5 homolog, in intracellular trafficking in Arabidopsis protoplasts. In the presence of a dominant-negative mutant of Rha1, soluble vacuolar cargo proteins such as sporamin:green fluorescent protein (Spo:GFP) and Arabidopsis aleurain like protein:GFP are not delivered to the central vacuole; instead, they accumulate as a diffuse or punctate staining pattern within the cell. Spo:GFP at the punctate stains observed in the presence of hemagglutinin:Rha1[S24N] is colocalized with endogenous vacuolar sorting receptor (VSRAt-1), which is known to localize primarily to the prevacuolar compartment, whereas Spo:GFP in the diffuse pattern is associated with tonoplasts. Furthermore, expression of Rha1[S24N] causes the secretion of a portion of the vacuolar proteins into medium. However, the inhibitory effect of Rha1[S24N] on vacuolar trafficking is relieved partially by coexpressed wild-type Rha1. Based on these results, we propose that Rha1 plays a critical role in the trafficking of soluble cargoes from the prevacuolar compartment to the central vacuole.
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