author keywords: Arabidopsis; vacuole fusion; HOPS; SNARE; phosphoinositides

MeSH headings : Arabidopsis / genetics; Arabidopsis / metabolism; Arabidopsis Proteins / genetics; Arabidopsis Proteins / metabolism; Membrane Fusion / physiology; Membrane Proteins / genetics; Membrane Proteins / metabolism; Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates / genetics; Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates / metabolism; Vacuoles / genetics; Vacuoles / metabolism; Vesicular Transport Proteins / genetics; Vesicular Transport Proteins / metabolism

TL;DR: It is shown that Arabidopsis HOPS subunits VPS33 and VPS41 accumulate in late endosomes and that VPS 41, but not VPS 33, accumulates in the tonoplast via a wortmannin-sensitive process, and that HOPS–SNARE interactions at the initial stage are similar to other eukaryotes. (via Semantic Scholar)