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Meierhofer T, Eberhardt M, Spoerner M. Conformational states of ADP ribosylation factor 1 complexed with different guanosine triphosphates as studied by 31P NMR spectroscopy. Biochemistry 2011; 50:6316-27. [PMID: 21702511 DOI: 10.1021/bi101573j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Guanine nucleotide binding proteins (GNB-proteins) play an essential role in cellular signaling, acting as molecular switches, cycling between the inactive, GDP-bound form and the active, GTP-bound form. It has been shown that conformational equilibria also exist within the active form of GNB-proteins between conformational states with different functional properties. Here we present (31)P NMR data on ADP ribosylation factor 1 (Arf1), a GNB-protein involved in Golgi traffic, promoting the coating of secretory vesicles. To investigate conformational equilibria in active Arf1, the wild type and switch I mutants complexed with GTP and a variety of commonly used GTP analogues, namely, GppCH(2)p, GppNHp, and GTPγS, were analyzed. To gain deeper insight into the conformational state of active Arf1, we titrated with Cu(2+)-cyclen and GdmCl and formed the complex with the Sec7 domain of nucleotide exchange factor ARNO and an effector GAT domain. In contrast to the related proteins Ras, Ral, Cdc42, and Ran, from (31)P NMR spectroscopic view, Arf1 exists predominantly in a single conformation independent of the GTP analogue used. This state seems to correspond to the so-called state 2(T) conformation, according to Ras nomenclature, which is interacting with the effector domain. The exchange of the highly conserved threonine in position 48 with alanine led to a shift of the equilibrium toward a conformational state with typical properties obtained for state 1(T) in Ras, such as interaction with guanine nucleotide exchange factors, a lower affinity for nucleoside triphosphates, and greater sensitivity to chaotropic agents. In active Arf1(wt), the effector interacting conformation is strongly favored. These intrinsic conformational equilibria of active GNB-proteins could be a fine-tuning mechanism of regulation and thereby an interesting target for the modulation of protein activity.
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- Tanja Meierhofer
- University of Regensburg, Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry, Universitätsstrasse 31, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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Cook WJ, Smith CD, Senkovich O, Holder AA, Chattopadhyay D. Structure of Plasmodium falciparum ADP-ribosylation factor 1. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2010; 66:1426-31. [PMID: 21045287 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309110036997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2010] [Accepted: 09/15/2010] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Vesicular trafficking may play a crucial role in the pathogenesis and survival of the malaria parasite. ADP-ribosylation factors (ARFs) are among the major components of vesicular trafficking pathways in eukaryotes. The crystal structure of ARF1 GTPase from Plasmodium falciparum has been determined in the GDP-bound conformation at 2.5 Å resolution and is compared with the structures of mammalian ARF1s.
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- William J Cook
- University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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Boal F, Guetzoyan L, Sessions RB, Zeghouf M, Spooner RA, Lord JM, Cherfils J, Clarkson GJ, Roberts LM, Stephens DJ. LG186: An inhibitor of GBF1 function that causes Golgi disassembly in human and canine cells. Traffic 2010; 11:1537-51. [PMID: 20854417 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2010.01122.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Brefeldin A-mediated inhibition of ADP ribosylation factor (Arf) GTPases and their guanine nucleotide exchange factors, Arf-GEFs, has been a cornerstone of membrane trafficking research for many years. Brefeldin A (BFA) is relatively non-selective inhibiting at least three targets in human cells, Golgi brefeldin A resistance factor 1 (GBF1), brefeldin A inhibited guanine nucleotide exchange factor 1 (BIG1) and brefeldin A inhibited guanine nucleotide exchange factor 2 (BIG2). Here, we show that the previously described compound Exo2 acts through inhibition of Arf-GEF function, but causes other phenotypic changes that are not GBF1 related. We describe the engineering of Exo2 to produce LG186, a more selective, reversible inhibitor of Arf-GEF function. Using multiple-cell-based assays and GBF1 mutants, our data are most consistent with LG186 acting by selective inhibition of GBF1. Unlike other Arf-GEF and reported GBF1 inhibitors including BFA, Exo2 and Golgicide A, LG186 induces disassembly of the Golgi stack in both human and canine cells.
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- Frédéric Boal
- Cell Biology Laboratories, School of Biochemistry, Medical Sciences Building, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK
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van der Vaart A, Griffith J, Reggiori F. Exit from the Golgi is required for the expansion of the autophagosomal phagophore in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Biol Cell 2010; 6:800-1. [PMID: 20444982 PMCID: PMC2893990 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e09-04-0345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The delivery of proteins and organelles to the vacuole by autophagy involves membrane rearrangements that result in the formation of autophagosomes. We have investigated the role of the Golgi in autophagy and found that, in yeast, this organelle plays a crucial role in supplying lipid bilayers necessary for autophagosome biogenesis. The delivery of proteins and organelles to the vacuole by autophagy involves membrane rearrangements that result in the formation of large vesicles called autophagosomes. The mechanism underlying autophagosome biogenesis and the origin of the membranes composing these vesicles remains largely unclear. We have investigated the role of the Golgi complex in autophagy and have determined that in yeast, activation of ADP-ribosylation factor (Arf)1 and Arf2 GTPases by Sec7, Gea1, and Gea2 is essential for this catabolic process. The two main events catalyzed by these components, the biogenesis of COPI- and clathrin-coated vesicles, do not play a critical role in autophagy. Analysis of the sec7 strain under starvation conditions revealed that the autophagy machinery is correctly assembled and the precursor membrane cisterna of autophagosomes, the phagophore, is normally formed. However, the expansion of the phagophore into an autophagosome is severely impaired. Our data show that the Golgi complex plays a crucial role in supplying the lipid bilayers necessary for the biogenesis of double-membrane vesicles possibly through a new class of transport carriers or a new mechanism.
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- Aniek van der Vaart
- Department of Cell Biology and Institute of Biomembranes, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht 3584, The Netherlands
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Richter S, Anders N, Wolters H, Beckmann H, Thomann A, Heinrich R, Schrader J, Singh MK, Geldner N, Mayer U, Jürgens G. Role of the GNOM gene in Arabidopsis apical-basal patterning--From mutant phenotype to cellular mechanism of protein action. Eur J Cell Biol 2009; 89:138-44. [PMID: 20036441 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2009.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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How the apical-basal axis of polarity is established in embryogenesis is still a mystery in plant development. This axis appeared specifically compromised by mutations in the Arabidopsis GNOM gene. Surprisingly, GNOM encodes an ARF guanine-nucleotide exchange factor (ARF-GEF) that regulates the formation of vesicles in membrane trafficking. In-depth functional analysis of GNOM and its closest relative, GNOM-LIKE 1 (GNL1), has provided a mechanistic explanation for the development-specific role of a seemingly mundane trafficking regulator. The current model proposes that GNOM is specifically involved in the endosomal recycling of the auxin-efflux carrier PIN1 to the basal plasma membrane in provascular cells, which in turn is required for the accumulation of the plant hormone auxin at the future root pole through polar auxin transport. Thus, the analysis of GNOM highlights the importance of cell-biological processes for a mechanistic understanding of development.
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- Sandra Richter
- Center for Plant Molecular Biology - Developmental Genetics, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 3, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Fujita A, Misumi Y. Fission yeast syt22 protein, a putative Arf guanine nucleotide exchange factor, is necessary for new end take off. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2009; 294:191-7. [PMID: 19431238 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01566.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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In fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, the directions of cell growth change from monopolar to bipolar in character, which is known as 'new end take off ' (NETO). We previously found that arf6p, a member (class III) of the ADP-ribosylation factor (Arf) family, is necessary for NETO in fission yeast. Here we report the characterization of an S. pombe gene, syt22(+), encoding a putative Arf guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF). The syt22 protein contains a Sec7 domain and a PH domain conserved in the mammalian EFA6 GEF family, and has high similarity to Yel1p, which was identified as a GEF for Arf3p (class III Arf) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. syt22Delta cells, like arf6Delta cells, completely failed to undergo NETO. Syt22p uniformly localizes to the cell periphery. Its localization is not dependent on microtubules, actin cytoskeletons or arf6p. We hypothesize that syt22p functions as a GEF for arf6p.
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Yao Y, Ni Z, Du J, Han Z, Chen Y, Zhang Q, Sun Q. Ectopic overexpression of wheat adenosine diphosphate-ribosylation factor, TaARF, increases growth rate in Arabidopsis. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2009; 51:35-44. [PMID: 19166492 DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2008.00792.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Differential gene expression between hybrids and their parents is considered to be associated with heterosis. However, the physiological functions and possible contribution to heterosis of these differentially expressed genes are unknown. We have isolated one hybrid upregulated gene encoding putative wheat ADP-ribosylation factor, designated TaARF. In this study, real-time quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis indicated that the TaARF transcript was preferentially expressed in root, node and crown, and the accumulation of TaARF mRNA in hybrid was more than 1.5-fold higher than that in two parents. In order to understand possible roles of the putative wheat ARF gene, TaARF was overexpressed in Arabidopsis, and the transgenic plants were characterized. We show that ectopic overexpression of TaARF in Arabidopsis leads to increased leaf area, increased growth rate and earlier transition to flowering, suggesting that TaARF plays significant roles in growth and development. This study provides evidence demonstrating that TaARF plays important roles in growth and development and we speculate that the upregulated expression of this gene might contribute to the heterosis observed in wheat root and leaf growth.
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- Yingyin Yao
- Department of Plant Genetics & Breeding and State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Pan H, Yu J, Zhang L, Carpenter A, Zhu H, Li L, Ma D, Yuan J. A novel small molecule regulator of guanine nucleotide exchange activity of the ADP-ribosylation factor and golgi membrane trafficking. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:31087-96. [PMID: 18799457 PMCID: PMC2576541 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m806592200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2008] [Revised: 09/15/2008] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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An image-based phenotypic screen was developed to identify small molecule regulators of intracellular traffic. Using this screen we found that AG1478, a previously known inhibitor of epidermal growth factor receptor, had epidermal growth factor receptor-independent activity in inducing the disassembly of the Golgi in human cells. Similar to brefeldin A (BFA), a known disrupter of the Golgi, AG1478 inhibits the activity of small GTPase ADP-ribosylation factor. Unlike BFA, AG1478 exhibits low cytotoxicity and selectively targets the cis-Golgi without affecting endosomal compartment. We show that AG1478 inhibits GBF1, a large nucleotide exchange factor for the ADP-ribosylation factor, in a Sec7 domain-dependent manner and mimics the phenotype of a GBF1 mutant that has an inactive mutation. The treatment with AG1478 leads to the recruitment of GBF1 to the vesicular-tubular clusters adjacent to the endoplasmic reticulum exit sites, a step only transiently observed previously in the presence of BFA. We propose that the treatment with AG1478 delineates a membrane trafficking intermediate step that depends upon the Sec7 domain.
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- Heling Pan
- State Key Laboratory of Bio-organic & Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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Loizos N. Identifying protein interactions by hydroxyl-radical protein footprinting. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; Chapter 19:19.9.1-19.9.11. [PMID: 18429254 DOI: 10.1002/0471140864.ps1909s38] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Hydroxyl-radical protein footprinting is a straightforward and direct method to map protein sites involved in macromolecular interactions. The first step is to radioactively end-label the protein. Using hydroxyl radicals as a peptide backbone cleavage reagent, the protein is then cleaved in the absence and presence of ligand. Cleavage products are separated by high resolution gel electrophoresis. The digital image of the footprinting gel can be subjected to quantitative analysis to identify changes in the sensitivity of the protein to hydroxyl-radical cleavage. Molecular weight markers are electrophoresed on the same gel and hydroxyl-radical cleavage sites assigned by interpolation between the known cleavage sites of the markers. The results are presented in the form of a difference plot that shows regions of the protein that change their susceptibility to cleavage while bound to a ligand.
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- Nick Loizos
- ImClone Systems Incorporated, New York, New York, USA
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Chun J, Shapovalova Z, Dejgaard SY, Presley JF, Melançon P. Characterization of class I and II ADP-ribosylation factors (Arfs) in live cells: GDP-bound class II Arfs associate with the ER-Golgi intermediate compartment independently of GBF1. Mol Biol Cell 2008; 19:3488-500. [PMID: 18524849 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e08-04-0373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Despite extensive work on ADP-ribosylation factor (Arf) 1 at the Golgi complex, the functions of Arf2-5 in the secretory pathway, or for that of any Arf at the ER-Golgi intermediate compartment (ERGIC) remain uncharacterized. Here, we examined the recruitment of fluorescently tagged Arf1, -3, -4, and -5 onto peripheral ERGIC. Live cell imaging detected Arfs on peripheral puncta that also contained Golgi-specific brefeldin A (BFA) resistance factor (GBF) 1 and the ERGIC marker p58. Unexpectedly, BFA did not promote corecruitment of Arfs with GBF1 either at the Golgi complex or the ERGIC, but it uncovered striking differences between Arf1,3 and Arf4,5. Although Arf1,3 quickly dissociated from all endomembranes after BFA addition, Arf4,5 persisted on ERGIC structures, even after redistribution of GBF1 to separate compartments. The GDP-arrested Arf4(T31N) mutant localized to the ERGIC, even with BFA and Exo1 present. In addition, loss of Arf x GTP after treatment with Exo1 caused rapid release of all Arfs from the Golgi complex and led to GBF1 accumulation on both Golgi and ERGIC membranes. Our results demonstrate that GDP-bound Arf4,5 associate with ERGIC membranes through binding sites distinct from those responsible for GBF1 recruitment. Furthermore, they provide the first evidence that GBF1 accumulation on membranes may be caused by loss of Arf x GTP, rather than the formation of an Arf x GDP x BFA x GBF1 complex.
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- Justin Chun
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H7, Canada
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Aspergillus nidulans hypB encodes a Sec7-domain protein important for hyphal morphogenesis. Fungal Genet Biol 2008; 45:749-59. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2007.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2007] [Revised: 11/07/2007] [Accepted: 11/19/2007] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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DiNitto JP, Delprato A, Gabe Lee MT, Cronin TC, Huang S, Guilherme A, Czech MP, Lambright DG. Structural basis and mechanism of autoregulation in 3-phosphoinositide-dependent Grp1 family Arf GTPase exchange factors. Mol Cell 2008; 28:569-83. [PMID: 18042453 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2007.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2007] [Revised: 07/30/2007] [Accepted: 09/07/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Arf GTPases regulate membrane trafficking and actin dynamics. Grp1, ARNO, and Cytohesin-1 comprise a family of phosphoinositide-dependent Arf GTPase exchange factors with a Sec7-pleckstrin homology (PH) domain tandem. Here, we report that the exchange activity of the Sec7 domain is potently autoinhibited by conserved elements proximal to the PH domain. The crystal structure of the Grp1 Sec7-PH tandem reveals a pseudosubstrate mechanism of autoinhibition in which the linker region between domains and a C-terminal amphipathic helix physically block the docking sites for the switch regions of Arf GTPases. Mutations within either element result in partial or complete activation. Critical determinants of autoinhibition also contribute to insulin-stimulated plasma membrane recruitment. Autoinhibition can be largely reversed by binding of active Arf6 to Grp1 and by phosphorylation of tandem PKC sites in Cytohesin-1. These observations suggest that Grp1 family GEFs are autoregulated by mechanisms that depend on plasma membrane recruitment for activation.
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- Jonathan P DiNitto
- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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Szul T, Grabski R, Lyons S, Morohashi Y, Shestopal S, Lowe M, Sztul E. Dissecting the role of the ARF guanine nucleotide exchange factor GBF1 in Golgi biogenesis and protein trafficking. J Cell Sci 2007; 120:3929-40. [PMID: 17956946 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.010769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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COPI recruitment to membranes appears to be essential for the biogenesis of the Golgi and for secretory trafficking. Preventing COPI recruitment by expressing inactive forms of the ADP-ribosylation factor (ARF) or the ARF-activating guanine nucleotide exchange factor GBF1, or by treating cells with brefeldin A (BFA), causes the collapse of the Golgi into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and arrests trafficking of soluble and transmembrane proteins at the ER. Here, we assess COPI function in Golgi biogenesis and protein trafficking by preventing COPI recruitment to membranes by removing GBF1. We report that siRNA-mediated depletion of GBF1 causes COPI dispersal but does not lead to collapse of the Golgi. Instead, it causes extensive tubulation of the cis-Golgi. The Golgi-derived tubules target to peripheral ER-Golgi intermediate compartment (ERGIC) sites and create dynamic continuities between the ERGIC and the cis-Golgi compartment. COPI dispersal in GBF1-depleted cells causes dramatic inhibition of the trafficking of transmembrane proteins. Unexpectedly, soluble proteins continue to be secreted from GBF1-depleted cells. Our findings suggest that a secretory pathway capable of trafficking soluble proteins can be maintained in cells in which COPI recruitment is compromised by GBF1 depletion. However, the trafficking of transmembrane proteins through the existing pathway requires GBF1-mediated ARF activation and COPI recruitment.
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- Tomasz Szul
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1918 University Blvd, Birmingham, AL 35924, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1918 University Blvd, Birmingham, AL 35924, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1918 University Blvd, Birmingham, AL 35924, USA
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- University of Manchester, Faculty of Life Sciences, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1918 University Blvd, Birmingham, AL 35924, USA
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- University of Manchester, Faculty of Life Sciences, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1918 University Blvd, Birmingham, AL 35924, USA
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Holloway ZG, Grabski R, Szul T, Styers ML, Coventry JA, Monaco AP, Sztul E. Activation of ADP-ribosylation factor regulates biogenesis of the ATP7A-containing trans-Golgi network compartment and its Cu-induced trafficking. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2007; 293:C1753-67. [PMID: 17913844 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00253.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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ATP7A (MNK) regulates copper homeostasis by translocating from a compartment localized within the trans-Golgi network to the plasma membrane (PM) in response to increased copper load. The mechanisms that regulate the biogenesis of the MNK compartment and the trafficking of MNK are unclear. Here we show that the architecture of the MNK compartment is linked to the structure of the Golgi ribbon. Depletion of p115 tethering factor, which causes fragmentation of the Golgi ribbon, also disrupts the MNK compartment. In p115-depleted cells, MNK localizes to punctate structures that pattern on Golgi ministacks dispersed throughout the cell. Despite altered localization MNK trafficking still occurs, and MNK relocates from and returns to the fragmented compartment in response to copper. We further show that the biogenesis of the MNK compartment requires activation of ADP-ribosylation factor (Arf)1 GTPase, shown previously to facilitate the biogenesis of the Golgi ribbon. Activation of cellular Arf1 is prevented by 1) expressing an inactive "empty" form of Arf (Arf1/N126I), 2) expressing an inactive form of GBF1 (GBF1/E794K), guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Arf1, or 3) treating cells with brefeldin A, an inhibitor of GBF1 that disrupts MNK into a diffuse pattern. Importantly, preventing Arf activation inhibits copper-responsive trafficking of MNK to the PM. Our findings support a model in which active Arf is essential for the generation of the MNK compartment and for copper-responsive trafficking of MNK from there to the PM. Our findings provide an exciting foundation for identifying Arf1 effectors that facilitate the biogenesis of the MNK compartment and MNK traffic.
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- Zoe G Holloway
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics; University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford, UK
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Li CC, Chiang TC, Wu TS, Pacheco-Rodriguez G, Moss J, Lee FJS. ARL4D recruits cytohesin-2/ARNO to modulate actin remodeling. Mol Biol Cell 2007; 18:4420-37. [PMID: 17804820 PMCID: PMC2043562 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e07-02-0149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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ARL4D is a developmentally regulated member of the ADP-ribosylation factor/ARF-like protein (ARF/ARL) family of Ras-related GTPases. Although the primary structure of ARL4D is very similar to that of other ARF/ARL molecules, its function remains unclear. Cytohesin-2/ARF nucleotide-binding-site opener (ARNO) is a guanine nucleotide-exchange factor (GEF) for ARF, and, at the plasma membrane, it can activate ARF6 to regulate actin reorganization and membrane ruffling. We show here that ARL4D interacts with the C-terminal pleckstrin homology (PH) and polybasic c domains of cytohesin-2/ARNO in a GTP-dependent manner. Localization of ARL4D at the plasma membrane is GTP- and N-terminal myristoylation-dependent. ARL4D(Q80L), a putative active form of ARL4D, induced accumulation of cytohesin-2/ARNO at the plasma membrane. Consistent with a known action of cytohesin-2/ARNO, ARL4D(Q80L) increased GTP-bound ARF6 and induced disassembly of actin stress fibers. Expression of inactive cytohesin-2/ARNO(E156K) or small interfering RNA knockdown of cytohesin-2/ARNO blocked ARL4D-mediated disassembly of actin stress fibers. Similar to the results with cytohesin-2/ARNO or ARF6, reduction of ARL4D suppressed cell migration activity. Furthermore, ARL4D-induced translocation of cytohesin-2/ARNO did not require phosphoinositide 3-kinase activation. Together, these data demonstrate that ARL4D acts as a novel upstream regulator of cytohesin-2/ARNO to promote ARF6 activation and modulate actin remodeling.
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- Chun-Chun Li
- *Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, and Department of Medical Research, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei 100, Taiwan; and
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- *Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, and Department of Medical Research, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei 100, Taiwan; and
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- *Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, and Department of Medical Research, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei 100, Taiwan; and
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- Pulmonary-Critical Care Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1434
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- Pulmonary-Critical Care Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1434
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- *Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, and Department of Medical Research, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei 100, Taiwan; and
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In skeletal muscle and adipose tissue, insulin-stimulated glucose uptake is dependent upon translocation of the insulin-responsive glucose transporter GLUT4 from intracellular storage compartments to the plasma membrane. This insulin-induced redistribution of GLUT4 protein is achieved through a series of highly organized membrane trafficking events, orchestrated by insulin receptor signals. Recently, several key molecules linking insulin receptor signals and membrane trafficking have been identified, and emerging evidence supports the importance of subcellular compartmentalization of signaling components at the right time and in the right place. In addition, the translocation of GLUT4 in adipocytes requires insulin stimulation of dynamic actin remodeling at the inner surface of the plasma membrane (cortical actin) and in the perinuclear region. This results from at least two independent insulin receptor signals, one leading to the activation of phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase and the other to the activation of the Rho family small GTP-binding protein TC10. Thus, both spatial and temporal regulations of actin dynamics, both beneath the plasma membrane and around endomembranes, by insulin receptor signals are also involved in the process of GLUT4 translocation.
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- Makoto Kanzaki
- TUBERO/Tohoku University Biomedical Engineering Research Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Carney DS, Davies BA, Horazdovsky BF. Vps9 domain-containing proteins: activators of Rab5 GTPases from yeast to neurons. Trends Cell Biol 2005; 16:27-35. [PMID: 16330212 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2005.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2005] [Revised: 09/26/2005] [Accepted: 11/16/2005] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Endocytosis of cell surface receptors plays an important role in regulating cell signaling cascades. In some cases, internalization of an activated receptor attenuates the signaling process, while in other cases the clustering of activated receptors on early endosomal structures has been proposed to be essential for fully activating signaling cascades. Regulating the movement of receptors and other signaling proteins through the endocytic pathway, therefore, has a direct impact on cellular homeostasis. The small GTPase Rab5 is a crucial regulatory component of the endocytic pathway. Activation of Rab5 is mediated by GDP-GTP exchange factors (GEFs) that generate the Rab5-GTP complex. A large number of proteins have been identified that contain a specific, highly conserved domain (Vps9) that catalyzes nucleotide exchange on Rab5, linking the regulation of cell signaling cascades with intracellular receptor trafficking through the endocytic pathway.
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- Darren S Carney
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Szul T, Garcia-Mata R, Brandon E, Shestopal S, Alvarez C, Sztul E. Dissection of membrane dynamics of the ARF-guanine nucleotide exchange factor GBF1. Traffic 2005; 6:374-85. [PMID: 15813748 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2005.00282.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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ADP-ribosylation factor (ARF)-facilitated recruitment of COP I to membranes is required for secretory traffic. The guanine nucleotide exchange factor GBF1 activates ARF and regulates ARF/COP I dynamics at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-Golgi interface. Like ARF and coatomer, GBF1 peripherally associates with membranes. ADP-ribosylation factor and coatomer have been shown to rapidly cycle between membranes and cytosol, but the membrane dynamics of GBF1 are unknown. Here, we used fluorescence recovery after photobleaching to characterize the behavior of GFP-tagged GBF1. We report that GBF1 rapidly cycles between membranes and the cytosol (t1/2 is approximately 17 +/- 1 seconds). GBF1 cycles faster than GFP-tagged ARF, suggesting that in each round of association/dissociation, GBF1 catalyzes a single event of ARF activation, and that the activated ARF remains on membrane after GBF1 dissociation. Using three different approaches [expression of an inactive (E794K) GBF1 mutant, expression of the ARF1 (T31N) mutant with decreased affinity for GTP and Brefeldin A treatment], we show that GBF1 is stabilized on membranes when in a complex with ARF-GDP. GBF1 dissociation from ARF and membranes is triggered by its catalytic activity, i.e. the displacement of GDP and the subsequent binding of GTP to ARF. Our findings imply that continuous cycles of recruitment and dissociation of GBF1 to membranes are required for sustained ARF activation and COP I recruitment that underlies ER-Golgi traffic.
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- Tomasz Szul
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35924, USA
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Lee MCS, Miller EA, Goldberg J, Orci L, Schekman R. Bi-directional protein transport between the ER and Golgi. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol 2005; 20:87-123. [PMID: 15473836 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.20.010403.105307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 686] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and the Golgi comprise the first two steps in protein secretion. Vesicular carriers mediate a continuous flux of proteins and lipids between these compartments, reflecting the transport of newly synthesized proteins out of the ER and the retrieval of escaped ER residents and vesicle machinery. Anterograde and retrograde transport is mediated by distinct sets of cytosolic coat proteins, the COPII and COPI coats, respectively, which act on the membrane to capture cargo proteins into nascent vesicles. We review the mechanisms that govern coat recruitment to the membrane, cargo capture into a transport vesicle, and accurate delivery to the target organelle.
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- Marcus C S Lee
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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Mammalian cytohesins are a family of very similar guanine nucleotide-exchange proteins (GEPs) that activate ADP-ribosylation factors (ARFs). Cytohesins are multifunctional molecules comprising a Sec7 domain that is responsible for the GEP activity, a PH domain that binds specific phosphatidylinositol phosphates, and a coiled-coil domain responsible for homodimerization and interaction with other proteins. Cytohesin proteins are ubiquitous and have been implicated in several functions including cell spreading and adhesion, chemotaxis, protein trafficking, and cytoskeletal rearrangements, only some of which appear to depend on their ability to activate ARFs. Unlike the GEP activity of BIG1 and BIG2, the acceleration by cytohesins of guanine nucleotide exchange to generate active ARF-GTP is not inhibited by the fungal metabolite brefeldin, A (BFA). This chapter is concerned for the most part with cytohesin-1 and the assay of its GEP activity.
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- Gustavo Pacheco-Rodriguez
- Pulmonary-Critical Care Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Amor JC, Swails J, Zhu X, Roy CR, Nagai H, Ingmundson A, Cheng X, Kahn RA. The Structure of RalF, an ADP-ribosylation Factor Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor from Legionella pneumophila, Reveals the Presence of a Cap over the Active Site. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:1392-400. [PMID: 15520000 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m410820200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Legionella pneumophila protein RalF is secreted into host cytosol via the Dot/Icm type IV transporter where it acts to recruit ADP-ribosylation factor (Arf) to pathogen-containing phagosomes in the establishment of a replicative organelle. The presence in RalF of the Sec7 domain, present in all Arf guanine nucleotide exchange factors, has suggested that recruitment of Arf is an early step in pathogenesis. We have determined the crystal structure of RalF and of the isolated Sec7 domain and found that RalF is made up of two domains. The Sec7 domain is homologous to mammalian Sec7 domains. The C-terminal domain forms a cap over the active site in the Sec7 domain and contains a conserved folding motif, previously observed in adaptor subunits of vesicle coat complexes. The importance of the capping domain and of the glutamate in the "glutamic finger," conserved in all Sec7 domains, to RalF functions was examined using three different assays. These data highlight the functional importance of domains other than Sec7 in Arf guanine nucleotide exchange factors to biological activities and suggest novel mechanisms of regulation of those activities.
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- J Carlos Amor
- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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Shin HW, Morinaga N, Noda M, Nakayama K. BIG2, a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for ADP-ribosylation factors: its localization to recycling endosomes and implication in the endosome integrity. Mol Biol Cell 2004; 15:5283-94. [PMID: 15385626 PMCID: PMC532010 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e04-05-0388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Small GTPases of the ADP-ribosylation factor (ARF) family play a key role in membrane trafficking by regulating coated vesicle formation, and guanine nucleotide exchange is essential for the ARF function. Brefeldin A blocks the ARF-triggered coat assembly by inhibiting the guanine nucleotide exchange on ARFs and causes disintegration of the Golgi complex and tubulation of endosomal membranes. BIG2 is one of brefeldin A-inhibited guanine nucleotide exchange factors for the ARF GTPases and is associated mainly with the trans-Golgi network. In the present study, we have revealed that another population of BIG2 is associated with the recycling endosome and found that expression of a catalytically inactive BIG2 mutant, E738K, selectively induces membrane tubules from this compartment. We also have shown that BIG2 has an exchange activity toward class I ARFs (ARF1 and ARF3) in vivo and inactivation of either ARF exaggerates the BIG2(E738K)-induced tubulation of endosomal membranes. These observations together indicate that BIG2 is implicated in the structural integrity of the recycling endosome through activating class I ARFs.
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- Hye-Won Shin
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa 920-0934, Japan
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Delprato A, Merithew E, Lambright DG. Structure, Exchange Determinants, and Family-Wide Rab Specificity of the Tandem Helical Bundle and Vps9 Domains of Rabex-5. Cell 2004; 118:607-17. [PMID: 15339665 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2004.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2004] [Revised: 07/07/2004] [Accepted: 07/13/2004] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The Rab5 GTPase, an essential regulator of endocytosis and endosome biogenesis, is activated by guanine-nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) that contain a Vps9 domain. Here, we show that the catalytic core of the Rab GEF Rabex-5 has a tandem architecture consisting of a Vps9 domain stabilized by an indispensable helical bundle. A family-wide analysis of Rab specificity demonstrates high selectivity for Rab5 subfamily GTPases. Conserved exchange determinants map to a common surface of the Vps9 domain, which recognizes invariant aromatic residues in the switch regions of Rab GTPases and selects for the Rab5 subfamily by requiring a small nonacidic residue preceding a critical phenylalanine in the switch I region. These and other observations reveal unexpected similarity with the Arf exchange site in the Sec7 domain.
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- Anna Delprato
- Program in Molecular Medicine and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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Robert CH, Cherfils J, Mouawad L, Perahia D. Integrating three views of Arf1 activation dynamics. J Mol Biol 2004; 337:969-83. [PMID: 15033364 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.01.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2003] [Revised: 01/21/2004] [Accepted: 01/28/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The proteins Arno and Gea2 of the Sec7 family can promote GDP-GTP exchange on Arf1, a small GTP-binding protein, which coordinates coated vesicle formation for protein transport within the cell. Crystal structures of the essential Sec7 domain (Sec7d) of Gea2 in the free and Arf1-bound forms suggest that conformational dynamics of the Sec7d as well as those of the G-protein play a role in nucleotide exchange. Starting from a set of complementary crystal structures, we compared the collective movements of unbound Gea2 and Arno Sec7 domains, Arf1-GDP, and the Arf1-Gea2(Sec7d) nucleotide-free complex using normal modes analyses. In all unbound Sec7d analyses, significant low-energy movements were found to lead to closure of the hydrophobic groove towards the form seen in the Arf1-Gea2(Sec7d) complex, suggesting that groove closure is a general feature of the Sec7 family. Low-energy movements in Arf1-GDP implicate critical switch 1 and 2 residues which are coupled to modifications in the myristoylated N-terminal-helix binding site at the other end of the "interswitch" beta hairpin. It is suggested that Sec7d groove closure upon docking of the two molecules may permit extraction of switch 1 from Arf1-GDP and prepare the complex for movement of the interswitch, which is central to the membrane-linked exchange activity. Large-scale collective movements in the Arf1-Sec7d complex appear to participate in the insertion of the Sec7d Glu finger into the GDP binding site to promote actual nucleotide release.
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- Charles H Robert
- Modélisation et Ingénierie des Protéines, CNRS UMR 8619, Bât. 430, Université de Paris-Sud 91405 Orsay, France
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Watson RT, Kanzaki M, Pessin JE. Regulated membrane trafficking of the insulin-responsive glucose transporter 4 in adipocytes. Endocr Rev 2004; 25:177-204. [PMID: 15082519 DOI: 10.1210/er.2003-0011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 309] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Since the discovery of insulin roughly 80 yr ago, much has been learned about how target cells receive, interpret, and respond to this peptide hormone. For example, we now know that insulin activates the tyrosine kinase activity of its cell surface receptor, thereby triggering intracellular signaling cascades that regulate many cellular processes. With respect to glucose homeostasis, these include the function of insulin to suppress hepatic glucose production and to increase glucose uptake in muscle and adipose tissues, the latter resulting from the translocation of the glucose transporter 4 (GLUT4) to the cell surface membrane. Although simple in broad outline, elucidating the molecular intricacies of these receptor-signaling pathways and membrane-trafficking processes continues to challenge the creative ingenuity of scientists, and many questions remain unresolved, or even perhaps unasked. The identification and functional characterization of specific molecules required for both insulin signaling and GLUT4 vesicle trafficking remain key issues in our pursuit of developing specific therapeutic agents to treat and/or prevent this debilitating disease process. To this end, the combined efforts of numerous research groups employing a range of experimental approaches has led to a clearer molecular picture of how insulin regulates the membrane trafficking of GLUT4.
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- Robert T Watson
- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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The GGA proteins are a family of ubiquitously expressed, Arf-dependent clathrin adaptors that mediate the sorting of mannose-6-phosphate receptors between the trans-Golgi network and endosomes. Recent studies have elucidated the biochemical and structural bases for the interaction of the GGA proteins with many binding partners, and have shed light on the molecular and cellular mechanisms by which the GGA proteins participate in protein sorting.
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- Juan S Bonifacino
- Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Building 18T/Room 101, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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Mossessova E, Corpina RA, Goldberg J. Crystal structure of ARF1*Sec7 complexed with Brefeldin A and its implications for the guanine nucleotide exchange mechanism. Mol Cell 2004; 12:1403-11. [PMID: 14690595 DOI: 10.1016/s1097-2765(03)00475-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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ARF GTPases are activated by guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) of the Sec7 family that promote the exchange of GDP for GTP. Brefeldin A (BFA) is a fungal metabolite that binds to the ARF1*GDP*Sec7 complex and blocks GEF activity at an early stage of the reaction, prior to guanine nucleotide release. The crystal structure of the ARF1*GDP*Sec7*BFA complex shows that BFA binds at the protein-protein interface to inhibit conformational changes in ARF1 required for Sec7 to dislodge the GDP molecule. Based on a comparative analysis of the inhibited complex, nucleotide-free ARF1*Sec7 and ARF1*GDP, we suggest that, in addition to forcing nucleotide release, the ARF1-Sec7 binding energy is used to open a cavity on ARF1 to facilitate the rearrangement of hydrophobic core residues between the GDP and GTP conformations. Thus, the Sec7 domain may act as a dual catalyst, facilitating both nucleotide release and conformational switching on ARF proteins.
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- Elena Mossessova
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Structural Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Arf GTP-binding proteins regulate membrane traffic and actin remodeling. Similar to other GTP-binding proteins, a complex of Arf-GTP with an effector protein mediates Arf function. Arf interacts with at least three qualitatively different types of effectors. First, it interacts with structural proteins, the vesicle coat proteins. The second type of effector is lipid-metabolizing enzymes, and the third comprises those proteins that bind to Arf-GTP but whose biochemical or biological functions are not yet clearly defined. Arf interacts with two other families of proteins, the exchange factors and the GTPase-activating proteins. Recent work examining the functional relationships among the diverse Arf interactors has led to reconsideration of the prevailing paradigms for Arf action.
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- Zhongzhen Nie
- Laboratory of Cellular Oncology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Building 37, Room 4118, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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García-Mata R, Szul T, Alvarez C, Sztul E. ADP-ribosylation factor/COPI-dependent events at the endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi interface are regulated by the guanine nucleotide exchange factor GBF1. Mol Biol Cell 2003; 14:2250-61. [PMID: 12808027 PMCID: PMC194875 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e02-11-0730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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ADP-ribosylation factor (ARF) mediated recruitment of COPI to membranes plays a central role in transport between the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and the Golgi. The activation of ARFs is mediated by guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs). Although several ARF-GEFs have been identified, the transport steps in which they function are still poorly understood. Here we report that GBF1, a member of the Sec7-domain family of GEFs, is responsible for the regulation of COPI-mediated events at the ER-Golgi interface. We show that GBF1 is essential for the formation, differentiation, and translocation of pre-Golgi intermediates and for the maintenance of Golgi integrity. We also show that the formation of transport-competent ER-to-Golgi intermediates proceeds in two stages: first, a COPI-independent event leads to the formation of an unstable compartment, which is rapidly reabsorbed in the absence of GBF1 activity. Second, the association of GBF1 with this compartment allows COPI recruitment and leads to its maturation into transport intermediates. The recruitment of GBF1 to this compartment is specifically inhibited by brefeldin A. Our findings imply that the continuous recruitment of GBF1 to spatially differentiated membrane domains is required for sustained membrane remodeling that underlies membrane traffic and Golgi biogenesis.
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- Rafael García-Mata
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35924, USA
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Derrien V, Couillault C, Franco M, Martineau S, Montcourrier P, Houlgatte R, Chavrier P. A conserved C-terminal domain of EFA6-family ARF6-guanine nucleotide exchange factors induces lengthening of microvilli-like membrane protrusions. J Cell Sci 2002; 115:2867-79. [PMID: 12082148 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.115.14.2867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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We recently reported the identification of EFA6 (exchange factor for ARF6), a brain-specific Sec7-domain-containing guanine nucleotide exchange factor that works specifically on ARF6. Here, we have characterized the product of a broadly expressed gene encoding a novel 1056 amino-acid protein that we have named EFA6B. We show that EFA6B, which contains a Sec7 domain that is highly homologous to EFA6, works as an ARF6-specific guanine exchange factor in vitro. Like EFA6, which will be referred to as EFA6A from now on, EFA6B is involved in membrane recycling and colocalizes with ARF6 in actin-rich membrane ruffles and microvilli-like protrusions on the dorsal cell surface in transfected baby hamster kidney cells. Strikingly, homology between EFA6A and EFA6B is not limited to the Sec7 domain but extends to an adjacent pleckstrin homology (PH) domain and a ∼150 amino-acid C-terminal region containing a predicted coiled coil motif. Association of EFA6A with membrane ruffles and microvilli-like structures depends on the PH domain, which probably interacts with phosphatidylinositol 4,5-biphosphate. Moreover, we show that overexpression of the PH domain/C-terminal region of EFA6A or EFA6B in the absence of the Sec7 domain promotes lengthening of dorsal microvillar protrusions. This morphological change requires the integrity of the coiled-coil motif. Lastly, database analysis reveals that the EFA6-family comprises at least four members in humans and is conserved in multicellular organisms throughout evolution. Our results suggest that EFA6 family guanine exchange factors are modular proteins that work through the coordinated action of the catalytic Sec7 domain to promote ARF6 activation, through the PH domain to regulate association with specific subdomains of the plasma membrane and through the C-terminal region to control actin cytoskeletal reorganization.
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- Valérie Derrien
- Laboratoire de la Dynamique de la Membrane et du Cytosquelette, UMR 144, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Curie, Section Recherche. 26 rue d'Ulm, 75241 Paris Cedex 5, France
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Jochum A, Jackson D, Schwarz H, Pipkorn R, Singer-Krüger B. Yeast Ysl2p, homologous to Sec7 domain guanine nucleotide exchange factors, functions in endocytosis and maintenance of vacuole integrity and interacts with the Arf-Like small GTPase Arl1p. Mol Cell Biol 2002; 22:4914-28. [PMID: 12052896 PMCID: PMC133889 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.22.13.4914-4928.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We previously described the isolation of ysl2-1 due to its genetic interaction with Delta ypt51/vps21, a mutant with a deletion of the coding sequence for the yeast Rab5 homolog, which regulates endocytic traffic between early and late endosomes. Here we report that Ysl2p is a novel 186.8-kDa peripheral membrane protein homologous to members of the Sec7 family. We provide multiple genetic and biochemical evidence for an interaction between Ysl12p and the Arf-like protein Arl1p, consistent with a potential function as an Arf guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF). The temperature-sensitive alleles ysl2-307 and ysl2-316 are specifically defective in ligand-induced degradation of Ste2p and alpha-factor and exhibit vacuole fragmentation directly upon a shift to 37 degrees C. In living cells, green fluorescent protein (GFP)-Ysl2p colocalizes with endocytic elements that accumulate FM4-64. The GFP-Ysl2p staining is sensitive to a mutation in VPS27 resulting in the formation of an aberrant class E compartment, but it is not affected by a sec7 mutation. Consistent with the idea that Ysl2p and Arl1p have closely related functions, Delta arl1 cells are defective in endocytic transport and in vacuolar protein sorting.
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- Alexandra Jochum
- Institute for Biochemistry, University of Stuttgart, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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Buchwald G, Friebel A, Galán JE, Hardt WD, Wittinghofer A, Scheffzek K. Structural basis for the reversible activation of a Rho protein by the bacterial toxin SopE. EMBO J 2002; 21:3286-95. [PMID: 12093730 PMCID: PMC126081 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdf329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The bacterial enteropathogen Salmonella typhimurium employs a type III secretion system to inject bacterial toxins into the host cell cytosol. These toxins transiently activate Rho family GTP-binding protein-dependent signaling cascades to induce cytoskeletal rearrangements. One of these translocated Salmonella toxins, SopE, can activate Cdc42 in a Dbl-like fashion despite its lack of sequence similarity to Dbl-like proteins, the Rho-specific eukaryotic guanine nucleotide exchange factors. To elucidate the mechanism of SopE-mediated guanine nucleotide exchange, we have analyzed the structure of the complex between a catalytic fragment of SopE and Cdc42. SopE binds to and locks the switch I and switch II regions of Cdc42 in a conformation that promotes guanine nucleotide release. This conformation is strikingly similar to that of Rac1 in complex with the eukaryotic Dbl-like exchange factor Tiam1. However, the catalytic domain of SopE has an entirely different architecture from that of Tiam1 and interacts with the switch regions via different amino acids. Therefore, SopE represents the first example of a non-Dbl-like protein capable of inducing guanine nucleotide exchange in Rho family proteins.
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- Gretel Buchwald
- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Abt. Strukturelle Biologie, Otto-Hahn-Str. 11, D-44227 Dortmund, Max von Pettenkofer-Insitut, Pettenkoferstr. 9a, D-80336 München, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Structural and Computational Biology Programme, Meyerhofstr. 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany, Section of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06536, USA and Institute of Microbiology, ETHZ/LFV B20, Schmelzberg Str. 7, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland Corresponding authors e-mail: or
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Abt. Strukturelle Biologie, Otto-Hahn-Str. 11, D-44227 Dortmund, Max von Pettenkofer-Insitut, Pettenkoferstr. 9a, D-80336 München, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Structural and Computational Biology Programme, Meyerhofstr. 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany, Section of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06536, USA and Institute of Microbiology, ETHZ/LFV B20, Schmelzberg Str. 7, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland Corresponding authors e-mail: or
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Abt. Strukturelle Biologie, Otto-Hahn-Str. 11, D-44227 Dortmund, Max von Pettenkofer-Insitut, Pettenkoferstr. 9a, D-80336 München, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Structural and Computational Biology Programme, Meyerhofstr. 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany, Section of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06536, USA and Institute of Microbiology, ETHZ/LFV B20, Schmelzberg Str. 7, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland Corresponding authors e-mail: or
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Abt. Strukturelle Biologie, Otto-Hahn-Str. 11, D-44227 Dortmund, Max von Pettenkofer-Insitut, Pettenkoferstr. 9a, D-80336 München, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Structural and Computational Biology Programme, Meyerhofstr. 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany, Section of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06536, USA and Institute of Microbiology, ETHZ/LFV B20, Schmelzberg Str. 7, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland Corresponding authors e-mail: or
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Abt. Strukturelle Biologie, Otto-Hahn-Str. 11, D-44227 Dortmund, Max von Pettenkofer-Insitut, Pettenkoferstr. 9a, D-80336 München, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Structural and Computational Biology Programme, Meyerhofstr. 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany, Section of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06536, USA and Institute of Microbiology, ETHZ/LFV B20, Schmelzberg Str. 7, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland Corresponding authors e-mail: or
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Abt. Strukturelle Biologie, Otto-Hahn-Str. 11, D-44227 Dortmund, Max von Pettenkofer-Insitut, Pettenkoferstr. 9a, D-80336 München, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Structural and Computational Biology Programme, Meyerhofstr. 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany, Section of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06536, USA and Institute of Microbiology, ETHZ/LFV B20, Schmelzberg Str. 7, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland Corresponding authors e-mail: or
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Shinotsuka C, Waguri S, Wakasugi M, Uchiyama Y, Nakayama K. Dominant-negative mutant of BIG2, an ARF-guanine nucleotide exchange factor, specifically affects membrane trafficking from the trans-Golgi network through inhibiting membrane association of AP-1 and GGA coat proteins. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2002; 294:254-60. [PMID: 12051703 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(02)00456-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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BIG2 is one of the guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) for the ADP-ribosylation factor (ARF) family of small GTPases, which regulate membrane association of COPI and AP-1 coat protein complexes and GGA proteins. Brefeldin A (BFA), an ARF-GEF inhibitor, causes redistribution of the coat proteins from membranes to the cytoplasm and membrane tubulation of the Golgi complex and the trans-Golgi network (TGN). We have recently shown that BIG2 overexpression blocks BFA-induced redistribution of the AP-1 complex but not TGN membrane tubulation. In the present study, we constructed a dominant-negative BIG2 mutant and found that when expressed in cells it induced redistribution of AP-1 and GGA1 and membrane tubulation of the TGN. By contrast, the mutant did not induce COPI redistribution or Golgi membrane tubulation. These observations indicate that BIG2 is involved in trafficking from the TGN by regulating membrane association of AP-1 and GGA through activating ARF.
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- Chisa Shinotsuka
- Institute of Biological Sciences and Gene Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba Science City, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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Click ES, Stearns T, Botstein D. Systematic structure-function analysis of the small GTPase Arf1 in yeast. Mol Biol Cell 2002; 13:1652-64. [PMID: 12006660 PMCID: PMC111134 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.02-01-0007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Members of the ADP-ribosylation factor (Arf) family of small GTPases are implicated in vesicle traffic in the secretory pathway, although their precise function remains unclear. We generated a series of 23 clustered charge-to-alanine mutations in the Arf1 protein of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to determine the portions of this protein important for its function in cells. These mutants display a number of phenotypes, including conditional lethality at high or low temperature, defects in glycosylation of invertase, dominant lethality, fluoride sensitivity, and synthetic lethality with the arf2 null mutation. All mutations were mapped onto the available crystal structures for Arf1p: Arf1p bound to GDP, to GTP, and complexed with the regulatory proteins ArfGEF and ArfGAP. From this systematic structure-function analysis we demonstrate that all essential mutations studied map to one hemisphere of the protein and provide strong evidence in support of the proposed ArfGEF contact site on Arf1p but minimal evidence in support of the proposed ArfGAP-binding site. In addition, we describe the isolation of a spatially distant intragenic suppressor of a dominant lethal mutation in the guanine nucleotide-binding region of Arf1p.
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- Eleanor S Click
- Department of Genetics, Stanford University, California 94305, USA
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Bourgoin SG, Houle MG, Singh IN, Harbour D, Gagnon S, Morris AJ, Brindley DN. ARNO but not cytohesin‐1 translocation is phosphatidylinositol 3‐kinase‐dependent in HL‐60 cells. J Leukoc Biol 2002. [DOI: 10.1189/jlb.71.4.718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- Sylvain G. Bourgoin
- Centre de Recherche en Rhumatologie et Immunologie, Centre de Recherche du CHUQ, Pavillon CHUL et Département d’Anatomie‐Physiologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche en Rhumatologie et Immunologie, Centre de Recherche du CHUQ, Pavillon CHUL et Département d’Anatomie‐Physiologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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- Signal Transduction Laboratories, Department of Biochemistry and Lipid and Lipoprotein Research Group, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche en Rhumatologie et Immunologie, Centre de Recherche du CHUQ, Pavillon CHUL et Département d’Anatomie‐Physiologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche en Rhumatologie et Immunologie, Centre de Recherche du CHUQ, Pavillon CHUL et Département d’Anatomie‐Physiologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacological Sciences and the Institute for Cell and Developmental Biology, Stony Brook Health Science Center, Stony Brook, New York; and
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- Signal Transduction Laboratories, Department of Biochemistry and Lipid and Lipoprotein Research Group, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Joel Moss
- Pulmonary-Critical Care Medicine Branch, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- F Ralf Bischoff
- Division for Molecular Biology of Mitosis, German Cancer Research Center, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Gommel DU, Memon AR, Heiss A, Lottspeich F, Pfannstiel J, Lechner J, Reinhard C, Helms J, Nickel W, Wieland FT. Recruitment to Golgi membranes of ADP-ribosylation factor 1 is mediated by the cytoplasmic domain of p23. EMBO J 2001; 20:6751-60. [PMID: 11726511 PMCID: PMC125325 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.23.6751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Binding to Golgi membranes of ADP ribosylation factor 1 (ARF1) is the first event in the initiation of COPI coat assembly. Based on binding studies, a proteinaceous receptor has been proposed to be critical for this process. We now report that p23, a member of the p24 family of Golgi-resident transmembrane proteins, is involved in ARF1 binding to membranes. Using a cross-link approach based on a photolabile peptide corresponding to the cytoplasmic domain of p23, the GDP form of ARF1 (ARF1-GDP) is shown to interact with p23 whereas ARF1-GTP has no detectable affinity to p23. The p23 binding is shown to localize specifically to a 22 amino acid C-terminal fragment of ARF1. While a monomeric form of a non-photolabile p23 peptide does not significantly inhibit formation of the cross-link product, the corresponding dimeric form does compete efficiently for this interaction. Consistently, the dimeric p23 peptide strongly inhibits ARF1 binding to native Golgi membranes suggesting that an oligomeric form of p23 acts as a receptor for ARF1 before nucleotide exchange takes place.
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- Daniel U. Gommel
- Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany Present address: Marmara Research Center, Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 41470 Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey Present address: Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany Corresponding authors e-mail: or D.U.Gommel and A.R.Memon contributed equally to this work
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- Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany Present address: Marmara Research Center, Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 41470 Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey Present address: Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany Corresponding authors e-mail: or D.U.Gommel and A.R.Memon contributed equally to this work
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- Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany Present address: Marmara Research Center, Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 41470 Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey Present address: Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany Corresponding authors e-mail: or D.U.Gommel and A.R.Memon contributed equally to this work
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- Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany Present address: Marmara Research Center, Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 41470 Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey Present address: Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany Corresponding authors e-mail: or D.U.Gommel and A.R.Memon contributed equally to this work
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- Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany Present address: Marmara Research Center, Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 41470 Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey Present address: Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany Corresponding authors e-mail: or D.U.Gommel and A.R.Memon contributed equally to this work
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- Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany Present address: Marmara Research Center, Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 41470 Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey Present address: Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany Corresponding authors e-mail: or D.U.Gommel and A.R.Memon contributed equally to this work
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- Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany Present address: Marmara Research Center, Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 41470 Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey Present address: Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany Corresponding authors e-mail: or D.U.Gommel and A.R.Memon contributed equally to this work
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- Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany Present address: Marmara Research Center, Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 41470 Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey Present address: Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany Corresponding authors e-mail: or D.U.Gommel and A.R.Memon contributed equally to this work
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- Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany Present address: Marmara Research Center, Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 41470 Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey Present address: Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany Corresponding authors e-mail: or D.U.Gommel and A.R.Memon contributed equally to this work
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- Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany Present address: Marmara Research Center, Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 41470 Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey Present address: Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany Corresponding authors e-mail: or D.U.Gommel and A.R.Memon contributed equally to this work
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Baumgartner F, Wiek S, Paprotka K, Zauner S, Lingelbach K. A point mutation in an unusual Sec7 domain is linked to brefeldin A resistance in a Plasmodium falciparum line generated by drug selection. Mol Microbiol 2001; 41:1151-8. [PMID: 11555294 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02572.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum has an unusual organization of its secretory compartments. As an approach to a functional identification of auxiliary proteins involved in secretion, a parasite line was generated by drug selection that is resistant to brefeldin A, an inhibitor of the secretory pathway. In the resistant line, neither protein secretion nor parasite viability were affected by the drug. The analysis of a sec7 domain, a conserved structure of guanine nucleotide exchange factors (ARF-GEF) required for the activation of ADP-ribosylation factors, revealed a single methionine-isoleucine substitution in the resistant parasite line. ARF-GEFs are key molecules in the formation of transport vesicles and the main targets of brefeldin A. The methionine residue in this position of sec7 domains is highly conserved and confers brefeldin A sensitivity. Unlike other eukaryotes that have multiple ARF-GEFs, the plasmodial genome encodes a single sec7 domain. This domain shows a distinct structural difference to all sec7 domains analysed so far; two conserved subdomains that are essential for protein function are separated in the plasmodial protein by an insertion of 146 amino acids.
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- F Baumgartner
- Fachbereich Biologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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Hall BE, Yang SS, Boriack-Sjodin PA, Kuriyan J, Bar-Sagi D. Structure-based mutagenesis reveals distinct functions for Ras switch 1 and switch 2 in Sos-catalyzed guanine nucleotide exchange. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:27629-37. [PMID: 11333268 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m101727200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Ras GTPases function as binary switches in signaling pathways controlling cell growth and differentiation. The guanine nucleotide exchange factor Sos mediates the activation of Ras in response to extracellular signals. We have previously solved the crystal structure of nucleotide-free Ras in complex with the catalytic domain of Sos (Boriack-Sjodin, P. A., Margarit, S. M., Bar-Sagi, D., and Kuriyan, J. (1998) Nature 394, 337-343). The structure demonstrates that Sos induces conformational changes in two loop regions of Ras known as switch 1 and switch 2. In this study, we have employed site-directed mutagenesis to investigate the functional significance of the conformational changes for the catalytic function of Sos. Switch 2 of Ras is held in a very tight embrace by Sos, with almost every external side chain coordinated by Sos. Mutagenesis of contact residues at the switch 2-Sos interface shows that only a small set of side chains affect binding, with the most important contact being mediated by tyrosine 64, which is buried in a hydrophobic pocket of Sos in the Ras.Sos complex. Substitutions of Ras and Sos side chains that are inserted into the Mg(2+)- and nucleotide phosphate-binding site of switch 2 (Ras Ala(59) and Sos Leu(938) and Glu(942)) have no effect on the catalytic function of Sos. These results indicate that the interaction of Sos with switch 2 is necessary for tight binding, but is not the critical driving force for GDP displacement. The structural distortion of switch 1 induced by Sos is mediated by a small number of specific contacts between highly conserved residues on both Ras and Sos. Mutations of a subset of these residues (Ras Tyr(32) and Tyr(40)) result in an increase in the intrinsic rate of nucleotide dissociation from Ras and impair the binding of Ras to Sos. Based on this analysis, we propose that the interactions of Sos with the switch 1 and switch 2 regions of Ras have distinct functional consequences: the interaction with switch 2 mediates the anchoring of Ras to Sos, whereas the interaction with switch 1 leads to disruption of the nucleotide-binding site and GDP dissociation.
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- B E Hall
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and the Graduate Programs in Molecular Pharmacology and Molecular and Cellular Biology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York 11794-5222, USA
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Nickel W, Wieland FT. Receptor-dependent formation of COPI-coated vesicles from chemically defined donor liposomes. Methods Enzymol 2001; 329:388-404. [PMID: 11210558 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(01)29100-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- W Nickel
- Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg, Ruprecht-Karls Universität, Heidelberg D-69120, Germany
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Béraud-Dufour S, Robineau S. Expression, purification, and measurements of activity of ARNO1, a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for ADP-ribosylation factor 1 (ARF1). Methods Enzymol 2001; 329:264-71. [PMID: 11210543 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(01)29087-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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- S Béraud-Dufour
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Scripps Research Institute, LaJolla, California 92037, USA
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Inositol phospholipids represent a minor fraction of membrane phospholipids; yet they play important regulatory functions in signaling pathways and membrane traffic. The phosphorylated inositol ring can act either as a precursor for soluble intracellular messengers or as a binding site for cytosolic or membrane proteins. Hence, phosphorylation-dephosphorylation of phosphoinositides represents a mechanism for regulation of recruitment to the membrane of coat proteins, cytoskeletal scaffolds or signaling complexes and for the regulation of membrane proteins. Recent work suggests that phosphoinositide metabolism has an important role in membrane traffic at the synapse. PtdIns(4,5)P(2) generation is implicated in the secretion of at least a subset of neurotransmitters. Furthermore, PtdIns(4,5)P(2) plays a role in the nucleation of clathrin coats and of an actin-based cytoskeletal scaffold at endocytic zones of synapses, and PtdIns(4,5)P(2) dephosphorylation accompanies the release of newly formed vesicles from these interactions. Thus, the reversible phosphorylation of inositol phospholipids may be one of the mechanisms governing the timing and vectorial progression of synaptic vesicle membranes during their exocytic-endocytic cycle.
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- O Cremona
- Department of Medical Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale 'A. Avogadro', Via Solaroli 17, Italy.
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Someya A, Sata M, Takeda K, Pacheco-Rodriguez G, Ferrans VJ, Moss J, Vaughan M. ARF-GEP(100), a guanine nucleotide-exchange protein for ADP-ribosylation factor 6. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:2413-8. [PMID: 11226253 PMCID: PMC30152 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.051634798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A human cDNA encoding an 841-aa guanine nucleotide-exchange protein (GEP) for ADP-ribosylation factors (ARFs), named ARF-GEP(100), which contains a Sec7 domain, a pleckstrin homology (PH)-like domain, and an incomplete IQ-motif, was identified. On Northern blot analysis of human tissues, a approximately 8-kb mRNA that hybridized with an ARF-GEP(100) cDNA was abundant in peripheral blood leukocytes, brain, and spleen. ARF-GEP(100) accelerated [(35)S]GTPgammaS binding to ARF1 (class I) and ARF5 (class II) 2- to 3-fold, and to ARF6 (class III) ca. 12-fold. The ARF-GEP(100) Sec7 domain contains Asp(543) and Met(555), corresponding to residues associated with sensitivity to the inhibitory effect of the fungal metabolite brefeldin A (BFA) in yeast Sec7, but also Phe(535) and Ala(536), associated with BFA-insensitivity. The PH-like domain differs greatly from those of other ARF GEPs in regions involved in phospholipid binding. Consistent with its structure, ARF-GEP(100) activity was not affected by BFA or phospholipids. After subcellular fractionation of cultured T98G human glioblastoma cells, ARF6 was almost entirely in the crude membrane fraction, whereas ARF-GEP(100), a 100-kDa protein detected with antipeptide antibodies, was cytosolic. On immunofluorescence microscopy, both proteins had a punctate pattern of distribution throughout the cells, with apparent colocalization only in peripheral areas. The coarse punctate distribution of EEA-1 in regions nearer the nucleus appeared to coincide with that of ARF-GEP(100) in those areas. No similar coincidence of ARF-GEP(100) with AP-1, AP-2, catenin, LAMP-1, or 58K was observed. The new human BFA-insensitive GEP may function with ARF6 in specific endocytic processes.
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- A Someya
- Pulmonary-Critical Care Medicine Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Yahara N, Ueda T, Sato K, Nakano A. Multiple roles of Arf1 GTPase in the yeast exocytic and endocytic pathways. Mol Biol Cell 2001; 12:221-38. [PMID: 11160834 PMCID: PMC30579 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.12.1.221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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ADP-ribosylation factors, a family of small GTPases, are believed to be key regulators of intracellular membrane traffic. However, many biochemical in vitro experiments have led to different models for their involvement in various steps of vesicular transport, and their precise role in living cells is still unclear. We have taken advantage of the powerful yeast genetic system and screened for temperature-sensitive (ts) mutants of the ARF1 gene from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. By random mutagenesis of the whole open reading frame of ARF1 by error-prone PCR, we isolated eight mutants and examined their phenotypes. arf1 ts mutants showed a variety of transport defects and morphological alterations in an allele-specific manner. Furthermore, intragenic complementation was observed between certain pairs of mutant alleles, both for cell growth and intracellular transport. These results demonstrate that the single Arf1 protein is indeed involved in many different steps of intracellular transport in vivo and that its multiple roles may be dissected by the mutant alleles we constructed.
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- N Yahara
- Molecular Membrane Biology Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Cell migration is an important facet of the life cycle of immune and other cell types. A complex set of events must take place at the leading edge of motile cells before these cells can migrate. Chemokines induce the motility of various cell types by activating multiple intracellular signaling pathways. These include the activation of chemokine receptors, which are coupled to the heterotrimeric G proteins. The release of G beta gamma subunits from chemokine receptors results in the recruitment to the plasma membrane, with subsequent activation of various down-stream signaling molecules. Among these molecules are the pleckstrin homology domain-containing proteins and the phosphoinositide 3-kinase gamma which phosphorylates phospholipids and activates members of the GTP exchange factors (GEFs). These GEFs facilitate the exchange of GTP for GDP in members of GTPases. The latter are important for reorganizing the cell cytoskeleton, and in inducing chemotaxis. Chemokines also induce the mobilization of intracellular calcium from intracellular stores. Second messengers such as inositol 1,4,5 trisphosphate, and cyclic adenosine diphosphate ribose are among those induced by chemokines. In addition, the G beta gamma subunits recruit members of the G protein-coupled receptor kinases, which phosphorylate chemokine receptors, resulting in desensitization and termination of the motility signals. This review will discuss the intracellular signaling pathways induced by chemokines, particularly those activated at the leading edge of migrating cells which lead to cell polarization, cytoskeleton reorganization and motility.
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- A A Maghazachi
- Department of Anatomy, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, POB 1105 Blindern, N-0317 Oslo, Norway.
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Robineau S, Chabre M, Antonny B. Binding site of brefeldin A at the interface between the small G protein ADP-ribosylation factor 1 (ARF1) and the nucleotide-exchange factor Sec7 domain. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000; 97:9913-8. [PMID: 10954741 PMCID: PMC27624 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.170290597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2000] [Accepted: 06/23/2000] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Sec7 domains (Sec7d) catalyze the exchange of guanine nucleotide on ARFs. Recent studies indicated that brefeldin A (BFA) inhibits Sec7d-catalyzed nucleotide exchange on ARF1 in an uncompetitive manner by trapping an early intermediate of the reaction: a complex between GDP-bound ARF1 and Sec7d. Using (3)H-labeled BFA, we show that BFA binds to neither isolated Sec7d nor isolated ARF1-GDP, but binds to the transitory Sec7d-ARF1-GDP complex and stabilizes it. Two pairs of residues at positions 190-191 and 198-208 (Arno numbering) in Sec7d contribute equally to the stability of BFA binding, which is also sensitive to mutation of H80 in ARF1. The catalytic glutamic (E156) residue of Sec7d is not necessary for BFA binding. In contrast, BFA does not bind to the intermediate catalytic complex between nucleotide-free ARF1 and Sec7d. These results suggest that, on initial docking steps between ARF1-GDP and Sec7d, BFA inserts like a wedge between the switch II region of ARF1-GDP and a surface encompassing residues 190-208, at the border of the characteristic hydrophobic groove of Sec7d. Bound BFA would prevent the switch regions of ARF1-GDP from reorganizing and forming tighter contacts with Sec7d and thereby would maintain the bound GDP of ARF1 at a distance from the catalytic glutamic finger of Sec7d.
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- S Robineau
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 660 route des lucioles, 06560 Valbonne, France
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Pereira-Leal JB, Seabra MC. The mammalian Rab family of small GTPases: definition of family and subfamily sequence motifs suggests a mechanism for functional specificity in the Ras superfamily. J Mol Biol 2000; 301:1077-87. [PMID: 10966806 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 344] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The Rab/Ypt/Sec4 family forms the largest branch of the Ras superfamily of GTPases, acting as essential regulators of vesicular transport pathways. We used the large amount of information in the databases to analyse the mammalian Rab family. We defined Rab-conserved sequences that we designate Rab family (RabF) motifs using the conserved PM and G motifs as "landmarks". The Rab-specific regions were used to identify new Rab proteins in the databases and suggest rules for nomenclature. Surprisingly, we find that RabF regions cluster in and around switch I and switch II regions, i.e. the regions that change conformation upon GDP or GTP binding. This finding suggests that specificity of Rab-effector interaction cannot be conferred solely through the switch regions as is usually inferred. Instead, we propose a model whereby an effector binds to RabF (switch) regions to discriminate between nucleotide-bound states and simultaneously to other regions that confer specificity to the interaction, possibly Rab subfamily (RabSF) specific regions that we also define here. We discuss structural and functional data that support this model and its general applicability to the Ras superfamily of proteins.
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- J B Pereira-Leal
- Molecular Genetics Section Division of Biomedical Sciences, Imperial College School of Medicine, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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Vitale N, Pacheco-Rodriguez G, Ferrans VJ, Riemenschneider W, Moss J, Vaughan M. Specific functional interaction of human cytohesin-1 and ADP-ribosylation factor domain protein (ARD1). J Biol Chem 2000; 275:21331-9. [PMID: 10748148 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m909642199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
Activation of ADP-ribosylation factors (ARFs) is mediated by guanine nucleotide-exchange proteins, which accelerate conversion of inactive ARF-GDP to active ARF-GTP. ARF domain protein (ARD1), a 64-kDa GTPase with a C-terminal ADP-ribosylation factor domain, is localized to lysosomes and the Golgi apparatus. When ARD1 was used as bait to screen a human liver cDNA library using the yeast two-hybrid system, a cDNA for cytohesin-1, a approximately 50-kDa protein with ARF guanine nucleotide-exchange protein activity, was isolated. In this system, ARD1-GDP interacted well with cytohesin-1 but very poorly with cytohesin-2. In agreement, cytohesin-1, but not cytohesin-2, markedly accelerated [(35)S]guanosine 5'-3-O-(thio)triphosphate binding to ARD1. The effector region of the ARF domain of ARD1 appeared to be critical for the specific interaction with cytohesin-1. Replacement of single amino acids in the Sec7 domains of cytohesin-1 and -2 showed that residue 30 is critical for specificity. In transfected COS-7 cells, overexpressed ARD1 and cytohesin-1 were partially colocalized, as determined by confocal fluorescence microscopy. It was concluded that cytohesin-1 is likely to be involved in ARD1 activation, consistent with a role for ARD1 in the regulation of vesicular trafficking.
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Affiliation(s)
- N Vitale
- Pulmonary-Critical Care Medicine Branch and the Pathology Section, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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