Protein
Vesicular-fusion protein sec18
Organism
Schizosaccharomyces pombe (strain 972 / ATCC 24843)
Function
Required for vesicle-mediated transport. Catalyzes the fusion of transport vesicles within the Golgi cisternae. Is also required for transport from the endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi stack. Seems to function as a fusion protein required for the delivery of cargo proteins to all compartments of the Golgi stack independent of vesicle origin (By similarity).
Similarity
Belongs to the AAA ATPase family.
Sequence
MDSRWKLPFMSNKGTPEQPMRKPLSGSYSHNSAGPTPNMSPFEQKPPLPTHMDVRRPSGPFRIVKATSTEDALTNCIIVSPMDFKQQYIIVDNSRVFSTKPVPGFPQGCLGASQPHREWASWSLNQQVHVADYDPYGPHGAPYLHSMTLEVDFQNRNRTTNEPFDGEEMAKLFCSSYQSQVFSPGQKIVFDFRSYNIKATVRTISCVDLLIGENQDAENTADTSKRGLLTSQTEIQFFKAAHSALRLKASMTRPASNAILQPGFKFEDMGIGGLDSEFSAIFRRAFASRLFPPGMVEKLGINHVKGILLYGPPGTGKTLIARQIGKMLNAREPKIVNGPEILNKYVGQSEENVRKLFADAEREYRDRGEESGLHIIIFDELDAICKKRGSSGGDTGVGDQVVNQLLAKMDGVDQLNNILVIGMTNRKDMIDEALLRPGRLEVHMEISLPDEHGRLQILKIHTSRMASNGILENDVDMEELASLTKNFSGAEIAGLIKSASSFAFYRHIKVGTTAAVSGNLENIKVNRNDFLNALSEVRPAYGVSEEELESRVQGGIINFGKHIEEIITEGKLFVQQVKNSERTRLVSVLLSGPIASGKTALAATIALGSEFPFVKLVSAESMVGMNENARVAHVNRVFEDSYKSPLSVIVVDEIERIIDWVPIGPRFSNTLLQTLMVLFKKQPPKGHRLLILATTSERTMLSRMDMTQSFDAEIAVPNVSNVTELDRIIQSIDSFADSNVRADTLQRLQNFTGTDAVNVGVAKILMIAETAKQDVDVVSCFVEAMARAIPME