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Serra-Marques A, Martin M, Katrukha EA, Grigoriev I, Peeters CAE, Liu Q, Hooikaas PJ, Yao Y, Solianova V, Smal I, Pedersen LB, Meijering E, Kapitein LC, Akhmanova A. Concerted action of kinesins KIF5B and KIF13B promotes efficient secretory vesicle transport to microtubule plus ends. eLife 2020; 9:e61302. [PMID: 33174839 PMCID: PMC7710357 DOI: 10.7554/elife.61302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Intracellular transport relies on multiple kinesins, but it is poorly understood which kinesins are present on particular cargos, what their contributions are and whether they act simultaneously on the same cargo. Here, we show that Rab6-positive secretory vesicles are transported from the Golgi apparatus to the cell periphery by kinesin-1 KIF5B and kinesin-3 KIF13B, which determine the location of secretion events. KIF5B plays a dominant role, whereas KIF13B helps Rab6 vesicles to reach freshly polymerized microtubule ends, to which KIF5B binds poorly, likely because its cofactors, MAP7-family proteins, are slow in populating these ends. Sub-pixel localization demonstrated that during microtubule plus-end directed transport, both kinesins localize to the vesicle front and can be engaged on the same vesicle. When vesicles reverse direction, KIF13B relocates to the middle of the vesicle, while KIF5B shifts to the back, suggesting that KIF5B but not KIF13B undergoes a tug-of-war with a minus-end directed motor.
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- Andrea Serra-Marques
- Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Biophysics, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht UniversityUtrechtNetherlands
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- Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Biophysics, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht UniversityUtrechtNetherlands
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- Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Biophysics, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht UniversityUtrechtNetherlands
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- Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Biophysics, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht UniversityUtrechtNetherlands
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- Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Biophysics, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht UniversityUtrechtNetherlands
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- Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Biophysics, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht UniversityUtrechtNetherlands
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- Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Biophysics, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht UniversityUtrechtNetherlands
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- Departments of Medical Informatics and Radiology, Biomedical Imaging Group Rotterdam, Erasmus University Medical CenterRotterdamNetherlands
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- Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Biophysics, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht UniversityUtrechtNetherlands
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- Departments of Medical Informatics and Radiology, Biomedical Imaging Group Rotterdam, Erasmus University Medical CenterRotterdamNetherlands
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- Department of Biology, Section of Cell Biology and Physiology, the August Krogh Building, University of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
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- Departments of Medical Informatics and Radiology, Biomedical Imaging Group Rotterdam, Erasmus University Medical CenterRotterdamNetherlands
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- Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Biophysics, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht UniversityUtrechtNetherlands
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- Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Biophysics, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht UniversityUtrechtNetherlands
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Teber I, Nagano F, Kremerskothen J, Bilbilis K, Goud B, Barnekow A. Rab6 interacts with the mint3 adaptor protein. Biol Chem 2005; 386:671-7. [PMID: 16207088 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2005.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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AbstractThe Rab6 GTPase regulates a retrograde transport route connecting endosomes and the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) via the Golgi apparatus. Recently it was shown that active (GTP-loaded) Rab6A regulates intracellular processing of the amyloid precursor protein (APP). To characterize the role of Rab6A in APP trafficking and to identify effector proteins of the active Rab6A protein, we screened a human placenta cDNA library using the yeast two-hybrid system. We isolated an interacting cDNA clone encoding part of the adaptor protein mint3. The interaction between Rab6A and mint3 is GTP-dependent and requires the complete phosphotyrosine-binding (PTB) domain of the mint protein, which also mediates the association with APP. By confocal microscopy we show that Rab6A, mint3 and APP co-localize at Golgi membranes in HeLa cells. Density gradient centrifugation of cytosolic extracts confirms a common distribution of these three proteins. Our data suggest that mint3 links Rab6A to APP traffic.
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- Iskender Teber
- Department of Experimental Tumor Biology, University of Münster, D-48149 Germany
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Jagla B, Aulner N, Kelly PD, Song D, Volchuk A, Zatorski A, Shum D, Mayer T, De Angelis DA, Ouerfelli O, Rutishauser U, Rothman JE. Sequence characteristics of functional siRNAs. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2005; 11:864-72. [PMID: 15923373 PMCID: PMC1370771 DOI: 10.1261/rna.7275905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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RNA interference in mammalian cells is actively used to conduct genetic screens, to identify and to validate targets, and to elucidate regulators and modifiers of cellular pathways. To ensure the specificity and efficacy of the active 21mer siRNA molecules, it is pertinent to develop a strategy for their rational design. Here we show that most functional siRNAs have characteristic sequence features. We tested 601 siRNAs targeting one exogenous and three endogenous genes. The efficacy of the siRNAs was determined at the protein level. Using a decision tree algorithm in combination with information analysis, our analyses revealed four sets of rules with a mean knockdown efficacy ranging from 60% to 73%. (To distinguish between percentages used to describe the quality of an siRNA and the percentages used to describe parts of data sets we underlined the former throughout this paper.) The best rule comprises an A/U at positions 10 and 19, a G/C at position 1, and more than three A/Us between positions 13 and 19, in the sense strand of the siRNA sequence. Using these rules, there is a 99.9% chance of designing an effective siRNA in a set of three with more than 50% knockdown efficiency in a biological readout.
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- Bernd Jagla
- Functional Proteomics Project, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cance Center, New York, NY, USA
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Young J, Stauber T, del Nery E, Vernos I, Pepperkok R, Nilsson T. Regulation of microtubule-dependent recycling at the trans-Golgi network by Rab6A and Rab6A'. Mol Biol Cell 2004; 16:162-77. [PMID: 15483056 PMCID: PMC539161 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e04-03-0260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The small GTPase rab6A but not the isoform rab6A' has previously been identified as a regulator of the COPI-independent recycling route that carries Golgi-resident proteins and certain toxins from the Golgi to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). The isoform rab6A' has been implicated in Golgi-to-endosomal recycling. Because rab6A but not A', binds rabkinesin6, this motor protein is proposed to mediate COPI-independent recycling. We show here that both rab6A and rab6A' GTP-restricted mutants promote, with similar efficiency, a microtubule-dependent recycling of Golgi resident glycosylation enzymes upon overexpression. Moreover, we used small interfering RNA mediated down-regulation of rab6A and A' expression and found that reduced levels of rab6 perturbs organization of the Golgi apparatus and delays Golgi-to-ER recycling. Rab6-directed Golgi-to-ER recycling seems to require functional dynactin, as overexpression of p50/dynamitin, or a C-terminal fragment of Bicaudal-D, both known to interact with dynactin inhibit recycling. We further present evidence that rab6-mediated recycling seems to be initiated from the trans-Golgi network. Together, this suggests that a recycling pathway operates at the level of the trans-Golgi linking directly to the ER. This pathway would be the preferred route for both toxins and resident Golgi proteins.
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- Joanne Young
- Cell Biology and Biophysics Programme, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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Weide T, Teuber J, Bayer M, Barnekow A. MICAL-1 isoforms, novel rab1 interacting proteins. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003; 306:79-86. [PMID: 12788069 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(03)00918-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Rab1 GTPases participate in regulating the vesicular transport of ER-Golgi compartments. Recently, GM130, p115, and Golgin-84 were identified as effectors of the active conformation of rab1. Here, we describe a novel protein, MICAL-1b, a splice variant of the MICAL-1a protein. Using the yeast two-hybrid system, we showed that it specifically interacts with rab1 in a nucleotide-dependent manner. The interaction was confirmed by GST pulldown experiments. Cell fractionation revealed that in contrast to the mainly membrane-associated rab1 effector GM130, MICAL-1 displays a predominantly cytosolic localization. We mapped the rab1 interacting domain to the C-terminus of MICAL-1, which also mediates binding to the intermediate filament vimentin. Therefore, the interaction of MICAL-1 and rab1 might provide a link between the Golgi apparatus and the intermediate filament cytoskeleton. We suggest that MICAL-1 isoforms with their multidomain structure are novel rab1 interacting proteins that function as scaffold proteins connecting different components in the cell.
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- Thomas Weide
- Department of Experimental Tumorbiology, University of Muenster, Badestr. 9, D-48149, Muenster, Germany
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Matanis T, Akhmanova A, Wulf P, Del Nery E, Weide T, Stepanova T, Galjart N, Grosveld F, Goud B, De Zeeuw CI, Barnekow A, Hoogenraad CC. Bicaudal-D regulates COPI-independent Golgi-ER transport by recruiting the dynein-dynactin motor complex. Nat Cell Biol 2002; 4:986-92. [PMID: 12447383 DOI: 10.1038/ncb891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 374] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2002] [Revised: 09/12/2002] [Accepted: 10/28/2002] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The small GTPase Rab6a is involved in the regulation of membrane traffic from the Golgi apparatus towards the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in a coat complex coatomer protein I (COPI)-independent pathway. Here, we used a yeast two-hybrid approach to identify binding partners of Rab6a. In particular, we identified the dynein-dynactin-binding protein Bicaudal-D1 (BICD1), one of the two mammalian homologues of Drosophila Bicaudal-D. BICD1 and BICD2 colocalize with Rab6a on the trans-Golgi network (TGN) and on cytoplasmic vesicles, and associate with Golgi membranes in a Rab6-dependent manner. Overexpression of BICD1 enhances the recruitment of dynein-dynactin to Rab6a-containing vesicles. Conversely, overexpression of the carboxy-terminal domain of BICD, which can interact with Rab6a but not with cytoplasmic dynein, inhibits microtubule minus-end-directed movement of green fluorescent protein (GFP)-Rab6a vesicles and induces an accumulation of Rab6a and COPI-independent ER cargo in peripheral structures. These data suggest that coordinated action between Rab6a, BICD and the dynein-dynactin complex controls COPI-independent Golgi-ER transport.
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- Theodoros Matanis
- Department of Experimental Tumorbiology, University of Muenster, Badestrasse 9, D-48149 Muenster, Germany
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Weide T, Bayer M, Köster M, Siebrasse JP, Peters R, Barnekow A. The Golgi matrix protein GM130: a specific interacting partner of the small GTPase rab1b. EMBO Rep 2001; 2:336-41. [PMID: 11306556 PMCID: PMC1083862 DOI: 10.1093/embo-reports/kve065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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To detect specific partners of the small Golgi-localized GTPase rab1b we generated rab1b mutants and used them as bait proteins in yeast two-hybrid screens. We isolated several specifically interacting clones. Two of them encode large protein fragments highly homologous to rat GM130 and to human Golgin95. The full-length human GM130 cDNA was cloned and its interaction with rab1b was characterized in detail by yeast two-hybrid and in vitro binding assays. Here we report for the first time that the rab1b protein interacts specifically with GM130 in a GTP-dependent manner and therefore needs the hypervariable regions of the N- and C-termini. We mapped the rab1b binding site of GM130 and provide evidence that it is different to the previously described p115 and Grasp65 binding sites of the GM130 protein.
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- T Weide
- Department of Experimental Tumorbiology, University of Muenster, Badestrasse 9, D-48149 Muenster, Germany
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- J H Overmeyer
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio 43614-5804, USA
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Mayer T, Meyer M, Janning A, Schiedel AC, Barnekow A. A mutant form of the rho protein can restore stress fibers and adhesion plaques in v-src transformed fibroblasts. Oncogene 1999; 18:2117-28. [PMID: 10321736 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1202537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The organization of polymerized actin in the mammalian cell is regulated by several members of the rho family. Three rho proteins, cdc42, rac and rho act in a cascade to organize the intracellular actin cytoskeleton. Rho proteins are involved in the formation of actin stress fibers and adhesion plaques in fibroblasts. During transformation of mammalian cells by oncogenes the cytoskeleton is rearranged and stress fibers and adhesion plaques are disintegrated. In this paper we investigate the function of the rho protein in RR1022 rat fibroblasts transformed by the Rous sarcoma virus. Two activated mutants of the rho protein, rho G14V and rho Q63L, and a dominant negative mutant, rho N1171, were stably transfected into RR1022 cells. The resulting cell lines were analysed for the organization of polymerized actin and adhesion plaques. Cells expressing rho Q63L, but not rho wt, rho G14V or rho N1171, showed an altered morphology. These cells displayed a flat, fibroblast like shape when compared with the RR1022 ancestor cells. Immunofluorescence analyses revealed that actin stress fibers and adhesion plaques were rearranged in these cells. We conclude from these data that an active rho protein can restore elements of the actin cytoskeleton in transformed cells by overriding the tyrosine kinase phosphorylation induced by the pp60(v-src).
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- T Mayer
- Department for Experimental Tumorbiology, Muenster University, Germany
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Wilson AL, Erdman RA, Castellano F, Maltese WA. Prenylation of Rab8 GTPase by type I and type II geranylgeranyl transferases. Biochem J 1998; 333 ( Pt 3):497-504. [PMID: 9677305 PMCID: PMC1219609 DOI: 10.1042/bj3330497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Rab GTPases are post-translationally modified by addition of geranylgeranyl moieties to carboxyl-terminal cysteine residues. For Rab proteins ending with xxCC xCxC and CCxx motifs this modification is catalysed by geranylgeranyltransferase type II (GGTaseII), and is entirely dependent on the Rab substrate being bound to Rab escort protein (REP). Several Rab proteins contain carboxyl-terminal CaaL prenylation motifs typical of members of the Rho family, which are modified in a REP-independent manner by geranylgeranyltransferase type I (GGTaseI). The present studies show that one such Rab protein (Rab8), which ends with a CVLL motif, is uniquely able to serve as a substrate for either REP/GGTaseII or GGTaseI in cell-free assays. The modification of Rab8 by GGTaseI did not require REP, indicating that a REP-induced conformational change is not essential for exposure of the Rab carboxyl-terminal cysteine prenylation site. To determine whether one enzyme plays a predominant role in Rab8 prenylation in vivo, the incorporation of [3H]mevalonate into Rab8 was measured in human embryonal kidney 293 cells under conditions where the activity of GGTaseI, but not GGTaseII, was blocked by the peptidomimetic inhibitor GGTI-298. The GGTaseI inhibitor did not prevent prenylation of either overexpressed Myc-tagged Rab8 or endogenous Rab8, whereas prenylation of a known GGTaseI substrate with the same carboxyl-terminal motif, Cdc42Hs, was completely blocked. To rule out the possibility that the apparent prenylation of Rab8 by GGTaseII occurs only when GGTaseI activity is eliminated, metabolic labelling studies were carried out in the absence of the GGTaseI inhibitor, using a REP-binding-deficient Rab8 construct (Y78D) that cannot serve as a substrate for GGTaseII, but is indistinguishable from wild-type Rab8 as a substrate for GGTaseI. Prenylation of the Y78D mutant was reduced by 60-70% in intact cells, consistent with the conclusion that the majority of Rab8 is prenylated by the REP/GGTaseII system in vivo.
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- A L Wilson
- Hood Research Program, Weis Center for Research, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 100 N. Academy Avenue, Danville, PA 17822-2616, USA
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Overmeyer JH, Wilson AL, Erdman RA, Maltese WA. The putative "switch 2" domain of the Ras-related GTPase, Rab1B, plays an essential role in the interaction with Rab escort protein. Mol Biol Cell 1998; 9:223-35. [PMID: 9437002 PMCID: PMC25245 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.9.1.223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/1997] [Accepted: 10/31/1997] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Posttranslational modification of Rab proteins by geranylgeranyltransferase type II requires that they first bind to Rab escort protein (REP). Following prenylation, REP is postulated to accompany the modified GTPase to its specific target membrane. REP binds preferentially to Rab proteins that are in the GDP state, but the specific structural domains involved in this interaction have not been defined. In p21 Ras, the alpha2 helix of the Switch 2 domain undergoes a major conformational change upon GTP hydrolysis. Therefore, we hypothesized that the corresponding region in Rab1B might play a key role in the interaction with REP. Introduction of amino acid substitutions (I73N, Y78D, and A81D) into the putative alpha2 helix of Myc-tagged Rab1B prevented prenylation of the recombinant protein in cell-free assays, whereas mutations in the alpha3 and alpha4 helices did not. Additionally, upon transient expression in transfected HEK-293 cells, the Myc-Rab1B alpha2 helix mutants were not efficiently prenylated as determined by incorporation of [3H]mevalonate. Metabolic labeling studies using [32P]orthophosphate indicated that the poor prenylation of the Rab1B alpha2 helix mutants was not directly correlated with major disruptions in guanine nucleotide binding or intrinsic GTPase activity. Finally, gel filtration analysis of cytosolic fractions from 293 cells that were coexpressing T7 epitope-tagged REP with various Myc-Rab1B constructs revealed that mutations in the alpha2 helix of Rab1B prevented the association of nascent (i.e., nonprenylated) Rab1B with REP. These data indicate that the Switch 2 domain of Rab1B is a key structural determinant for REP interaction and that nucleotide-dependent conformational changes in this region are largely responsible for the selective interaction of REP with the GDP-bound form of the Rab substrate.
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- J H Overmeyer
- Weis Center for Research, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Danville 17822-2616, USA
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Cherfils J, Ménétrey J, Le Bras G, Janoueix-Lerosey I, de Gunzburg J, Garel JR, Auzat I. Crystal structures of the small G protein Rap2A in complex with its substrate GTP, with GDP and with GTPgammaS. EMBO J 1997; 16:5582-91. [PMID: 9312017 PMCID: PMC1170190 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.18.5582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The small G protein Rap2A has been crystallized in complex with GDP, GTP and GTPgammaS. The Rap2A-GTP complex is the first structure of a small G protein with its natural ligand GTP. It shows that the hydroxyl group of Tyr32 forms a hydrogen bond with the gamma-phosphate of GTP and with Gly13. This interaction does not exist in the Rap2A-GTPgammaS complex. Tyr32 is conserved in many small G proteins, which probably also form this hydrogen bond with GTP. In addition, Tyr32 is structurally equivalent to a conserved arginine that binds GTP in trimeric G proteins. The actual participation of Tyr32 in GTP hydrolysis is not yet clear, but several possible roles are discussed. The conformational changes between the GDP and GTP complexes are located essentially in the switch I and II regions as described for the related oncoprotein H-Ras. However, the mobile segments vary in length and in the amplitude of movement. This suggests that even though similar regions might be involved in the GDP-GTP cycle of small G proteins, the details of the changes will be different for each G protein and will ensure the specificity of its interaction with a given set of cellular proteins.
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- J Cherfils
- Laboratoire d'Enzymologie et de Biochimie Structurales, UPR 9063-CNRS, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Wilson AL, Sheridan KM, Erdman RA, Maltese WA. Prenylation of a Rab1B mutant with altered GTPase activity is impaired in cell-free systems but not in intact mammalian cells. Biochem J 1996; 318 ( Pt 3):1007-14. [PMID: 8836150 PMCID: PMC1217717 DOI: 10.1042/bj3181007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Previous studies have reached differing conclusions as to whether or not guanine-nucleotide-dependent conformational changes affect the ability of Rab proteins to undergo post-translational modification by Rab:geranylgeranyltransferase (Rab-GGTase). We now show that the ability of a Rab1B mutant [Q67L (Gln-67-->Leu)] with reduced intrinsic GTPase activity to undergo geranylgeranylation in cell-free assays depends on the guanine nucleotide composition of the system. When GTP is the predominant nucleotide in the assay, Rab1BQ67L is a poor substrate. However, when GDP is present and GTP is omitted, prenylation of the Q67L mutant is comparable with that of the wild-type (WT) protein. These studies, coupled with the poor prenylation of Rab1BWT in the presence of the non-hydrolysable GTP analogue guanosine 5'-[gamma-thio]triphosphate, support the notion that Rab-GGTase prefers substrates in the GDP conformation. When the abilities of Rab1BQ67L and Rab1BWT to undergo prenylation were compared by metabolic labelling of transiently expressed proteins in cultured human 293 cells, we did not observe a decline in prenylation of the mutant protein as predicted on the basis of the cell-free assays. Moreover, the Q67L mutant was comparable with the wild-type Rab1B in its ability to associate with co-expressed Rab GDP dissociation inhibitors in 293 cells. These findings raise the possibility that unidentified proteins present in intact cells may compensate for the reduced intrinsic GTPase activity of the Q67L mutant, allowing a significant proportion of the nascent Rab1BQ67L to assume a GDP conformation. The differential prenylation of Rab1BQ67L in cell-free systems versus intact cells underscores the importance of evaluating the post-translational modification of specific Rab mutants in vivo, where poorly characterized regulatory proteins may have a significant effect on GTPase activity or nucleotide exchange rates.
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- A L Wilson
- Weis Center for Research, Geisinger Clinic, Danville, PA 17822-2616, USA
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Seabra MC. Nucleotide dependence of Rab geranylgeranylation. Rab escort protein interacts preferentially with GDP-bound Rab. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:14398-404. [PMID: 8662963 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.24.14398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Geranylgeranylation of Rab GTPases is an essential post-translational modification that enables Rabs to associate with intracellular membranes where they regulate exocytic and endocytic pathways. Geranylgeranylation is initiated by formation of a stable complex between newly synthesized Rab proteins and Rab escort protein (REP). The complex is recognized by Rab geranylgeranyl (GG) transferase, which transfers two GG groups to Rabs. The geranylgeranylated Rabs regulate vesicular movement by oscillating between an inactive GDP-bound form and an active GTP-bound form. In this study, I show that the kinetics of geranylgeranylation is influenced by the nucleotide status of nascent Rab. GDP-bound Rab is geranylgeranylated with 10-50-fold higher affinity than GTP-bound Rab (or GTP analog-bound Rab), as indicated by the apparent Km of the reaction. In vitro REP.Rab binding assays demonstrate that REP forms a stable complex only with the GDP-bound form of Rab but not the GTP-bound form, suggesting that the apparent Km effect in the prenylation reaction is due to a discrimination between the two different nucleotide-bound forms of Rab by REP. Inasmuch as Rabs are likely GTP-bound after synthesis and REP does not possess GTPase-activating protein activity, these results raise the possibility that a Rab GTPase-activating protein enhances the REP*Rab interaction prior to prenylation.
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- M C Seabra
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75235, USA
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