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Han J, Yang X, Cai Y, Qiao F, Tao J, Zhu X, Mou Q, An J, Hu J, Li Z, Guan Y. MORN motif-containing protein OsMORN1 and OsMORN2 are crucial for rice pollen viability and cold tolerance. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2024; 119:998-1013. [PMID: 38761113 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Revised: 04/23/2024] [Accepted: 05/03/2024] [Indexed: 05/20/2024]
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The pollen viability directly affects the pollination process and the ultimate grain yield of rice. Here, we identified that the MORN motif-containing proteins, OsMORN1 and OsMORN2, had a crucial role in maintaining pollen fertility. Compared with the wild type (WT), the pollen viability of the osmorn1 and osmorn2 mutants was reduced, and pollen germination was abnormal, resulting in significantly lower spikelet fertility, seed-setting rate, and grain yield per plant. Further investigation revealed that OsMORN1 was localized to the Golgi apparatus and lipid droplets. Lipids associated with pollen viability underwent alterations in osmorn mutants, such as the diacylglyceride (18:3_18:3) was 5.1-fold higher and digalactosyldiacylglycerol (18:2_18:2) was 5.2-fold lower in osmorn1, while the triacylglycerol (TG) (16:0_18:2_18:3) was 8.3-fold higher and TG (16:0_18:1_18:3) was 8.5-fold lower in osmorn2 than those in WT. Furthermore, the OsMORN1/2 was found to be associated with rice cold tolerance, as osmorn1 and osmorn2 mutants were more sensitive to chilling stress than WT. The mutants displayed increased hydrogen peroxide accumulation, reduced antioxidant enzyme activities, elevated malondialdehyde content, and a significantly decreased seedling survival rate. Lipidomics analysis revealed distinct alterations in lipids under low temperature, highlighting significant changes in TG (18:2_18:3_18:3) and TG (18:4_18:2_18:2) in osmorn1, TG (16:0_18:2_18:2) and PI (17:2_18:3) in osmorn2 compared to the WT. Therefore, it suggested that OsMORN1 and OsMORN2 regulate both pollen viability and cold tolerance through maintaining lipid homeostasis.
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- Jiajun Han
- Seed Science Center, The Advanced Seed Institute, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Breeding, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Seed Science Center, The Advanced Seed Institute, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Seed Science Center, The Advanced Seed Institute, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Seed Science Center, The Advanced Seed Institute, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Hainan Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Sanya, 572025, China
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- Hainan Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Sanya, 572025, China
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- Seed Science Center, The Advanced Seed Institute, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Seed Science Center, The Advanced Seed Institute, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Hainan Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Sanya, 572025, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Breeding, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Seed Science Center, The Advanced Seed Institute, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Hainan Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Sanya, 572025, China
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Miyoshi T, Belyantseva IA, Sajeevadathan M, Friedman TB. Pathophysiology of human hearing loss associated with variants in myosins. Front Physiol 2024; 15:1374901. [PMID: 38562617 PMCID: PMC10982375 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2024.1374901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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Deleterious variants of more than one hundred genes are associated with hearing loss including MYO3A, MYO6, MYO7A and MYO15A and two conventional myosins MYH9 and MYH14. Variants of MYO7A also manifest as Usher syndrome associated with dysfunction of the retina and vestibule as well as hearing loss. While the functions of MYH9 and MYH14 in the inner ear are debated, MYO3A, MYO6, MYO7A and MYO15A are expressed in inner ear hair cells along with class-I myosin MYO1C and are essential for developing and maintaining functional stereocilia on the apical surface of hair cells. Stereocilia are large, cylindrical, actin-rich protrusions functioning as biological mechanosensors to detect sound, acceleration and posture. The rigidity of stereocilia is sustained by highly crosslinked unidirectionally-oriented F-actin, which also provides a scaffold for various proteins including unconventional myosins and their cargo. Typical myosin molecules consist of an ATPase head motor domain to transmit forces to F-actin, a neck containing IQ-motifs that bind regulatory light chains and a tail region with motifs recognizing partners. Instead of long coiled-coil domains characterizing conventional myosins, the tails of unconventional myosins have various motifs to anchor or transport proteins and phospholipids along the F-actin core of a stereocilium. For these myosins, decades of studies have elucidated their biochemical properties, interacting partners in hair cells and variants associated with hearing loss. However, less is known about how myosins traffic in a stereocilium using their motor function, and how each variant correlates with a clinical condition including the severity and onset of hearing loss, mode of inheritance and presence of symptoms other than hearing loss. Here, we cover the domain structures and functions of myosins associated with hearing loss together with advances, open questions about trafficking of myosins in stereocilia and correlations between hundreds of variants in myosins annotated in ClinVar and the corresponding deafness phenotypes.
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- Takushi Miyoshi
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
- Division of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale, IL, United States
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Division of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale, IL, United States
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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Hall DD, Takeshima H, Song LS. Structure, Function, and Regulation of the Junctophilin Family. Annu Rev Physiol 2024; 86:123-147. [PMID: 37931168 PMCID: PMC10922073 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physiol-042022-014926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2023]
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In both excitable and nonexcitable cells, diverse physiological processes are linked to different calcium microdomains within nanoscale junctions that form between the plasma membrane and endo-sarcoplasmic reticula. It is now appreciated that the junctophilin protein family is responsible for establishing, maintaining, and modulating the structure and function of these junctions. We review foundational findings from more than two decades of research that have uncovered how junctophilin-organized ultrastructural domains regulate evolutionarily conserved biological processes. We discuss what is known about the junctophilin family of proteins. Our goal is to summarize the current knowledge of junctophilin domain structure, function, and regulation and to highlight emerging avenues of research that help our understanding of the transcriptional, translational, and post-translational regulation of this gene family and its roles in health and during disease.
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- Duane D Hall
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA; ,
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA; ,
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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Cirilo JA, Liao X, Perrin BJ, Yengo CM. The dynamics of actin protrusions can be controlled by tip-localized myosin motors. J Biol Chem 2024; 300:105516. [PMID: 38042485 PMCID: PMC10801316 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/04/2023] Open
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Class III myosins localize to inner ear hair cell stereocilia and are thought to be crucial for stereocilia length regulation. Mutations within the motor domain of MYO3A that disrupt its intrinsic motor properties have been associated with non-syndromic hearing loss, suggesting that the motor properties of MYO3A are critical for its function within stereocilia. In this study, we investigated the impact of a MYO3A hearing loss mutation, H442N, using both in vitro motor assays and cell biological studies. Our results demonstrate the mutation causes a dramatic increase in intrinsic motor properties, actin-activated ATPase and in vitro actin gliding velocity, as well as an increase in actin protrusion extension velocity. We propose that both "gain of function" and "loss of function" mutations in MYO3A can impair stereocilia length regulation, which is crucial for stereocilia formation during development and normal hearing. Furthermore, we generated chimeric MYO3A constructs that replace the MYO3A motor and neck domain with the motor and neck domain of other myosins. We found that duty ratio, fraction of ATPase cycle myosin is strongly bound to actin, is a critical motor property that dictates the ability to tip localize within filopodia. In addition, in vitro actin gliding velocities correlated extremely well with filopodial extension velocities over a wide range of gliding and extension velocities. Taken together, our data suggest a model in which tip-localized myosin motors exert force that slides the membrane tip-ward, which can combat membrane tension and enhance the actin polymerization rate that ultimately drives protrusion elongation.
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- Joseph A Cirilo
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Park J, Bird JE. The actin cytoskeleton in hair bundle development and hearing loss. Hear Res 2023; 436:108817. [PMID: 37300948 PMCID: PMC10408727 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2023.108817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Revised: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Inner ear hair cells assemble mechanosensitive hair bundles on their apical surface that transduce sounds and accelerations. Each hair bundle is comprised of ∼ 100 individual stereocilia that are arranged into rows of increasing height and width; their specific and precise architecture being necessary for mechanoelectrical transduction (MET). The actin cytoskeleton is fundamental to establishing this architecture, not only by forming the structural scaffold shaping each stereocilium, but also by composing rootlets and the cuticular plate that together provide a stable foundation supporting each stereocilium. In concert with the actin cytoskeleton, a large assortment of actin-binding proteins (ABPs) function to cross-link actin filaments into specific topologies, as well as control actin filament growth, severing, and capping. These processes are individually critical for sensory transduction and are all disrupted in hereditary forms of human hearing loss. In this review, we provide an overview of actin-based structures in the hair bundle and the molecules contributing to their assembly and functional properties. We also highlight recent advances in mechanisms driving stereocilia elongation and how these processes are tuned by MET.
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- Jinho Park
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, United States; Myology Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, United States; Myology Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, United States.
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Li Z, Gao Y, Yan J, Wang S, Wang S, Liu Y, Wang S, Hua J. Golgi-localized MORN1 promotes lipid droplet abundance and enhances tolerance to multiple stresses in Arabidopsis. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 65:1890-1903. [PMID: 37097077 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Lipid droplet (LD) in vegetative tissues has recently been implicated in environmental responses in plants, but its regulation and its function in stress tolerance are not well understood. Here, we identified a Membrane Occupation and Recognition Nexus 1 (MORN1) gene as a contributor to natural variations of stress tolerance through genome-wide association study in Arabidopsis thaliana. Characterization of its loss-of-function mutant and natural variants revealed that the MORN1 gene is a positive regulator of plant growth, disease resistance, cold tolerance, and heat tolerance. The MORN1 protein is associated with the Golgi and is also partly associated with LD. Protein truncations that disrupt these associations abolished the biological function of the MORN1 protein. Furthermore, the MORN1 gene is a positive regulator of LD abundance, and its role in LD number regulation and stress tolerance is highly linked. Therefore, this study identifies MORN1 as a positive regulator of LD abundance and a contributor to natural variations of stress tolerance. It implicates a potential involvement of Golgi in LD biogenesis and strongly suggests a contribution of LD to diverse processes of plant growth and stress responses.
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- Zhan Li
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Breeding, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510640, China
- School of Integrative Plant Science, Plant Biology Section, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- School of Integrative Plant Science, Plant Biology Section, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- School of Integrative Plant Science, Plant Biology Section, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- School of Integrative Plant Science, Plant Biology Section, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- School of Integrative Plant Science, Plant Biology Section, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Breeding, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Breeding, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- School of Integrative Plant Science, Plant Biology Section, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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Structure of a TOC-TIC supercomplex spanning two chloroplast envelope membranes. Cell 2022; 185:4788-4800.e13. [PMID: 36413996 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.10.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Revised: 09/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The TOC and TIC complexes are essential translocons that facilitate the import of the nuclear genome-encoded preproteins across the two envelope membranes of chloroplast, but their exact molecular identities and assembly remain unclear. Here, we report a cryoelectron microscopy structure of TOC-TIC supercomplex from Chlamydomonas, containing a total of 14 identified components. The preprotein-conducting pore of TOC is a hybrid β-barrel co-assembled by Toc120 and Toc75, while the potential translocation path of TIC is formed by transmembrane helices from Tic20 and YlmG, rather than a classic model of Tic110. A rigid intermembrane space (IMS) scaffold bridges two chloroplast membranes, and a large hydrophilic cleft on the IMS scaffold connects TOC and TIC, forming a pathway for preprotein translocation. Our study provides structural insights into the TOC-TIC supercomplex composition, assembly, and preprotein translocation mechanism, and lays a foundation to interpret the evolutionary conservation and diversity of this fundamental translocon machinery.
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Zhou J, Liu H, Lin Y, Zhao J. Membrane Occupation and Recognition Nexus (MORN) motif controls protein localization and function. FEBS Lett 2022; 596:1839-1850. [PMID: 35568981 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2022] [Revised: 04/23/2022] [Accepted: 05/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Membrane Occupation and Recognition Nexus (MORN) motif was first defined in 2000, when it was identified in the junctophilin protein family. Dozens of studies have been published ever since, mainly focusing on the function of a given MORN motif-containing protein in parasites, plants or animal cells. Proteins with MORN motifs are not only expressed in most animal and plant cell types but also significantly differ in their intracellular localization, suggesting that the MORN motifs may fulfil multiple physiological functions. Recent studies have found that MORN motif-containing proteins junctophilin 1/2 and MORN3 play a role in cardiac hypertrophy, skeletal muscle fiber stability and cancer. Hence, MORN motif-containing proteins may be exploited to develop improved treatments for various pathological conditions, such as cardiovascular diseases. Here, we review current research on MORN motif-containing proteins in different organisms and provide both ideas and approaches for follow-up exploration of their functions and applications.
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- Jinrun Zhou
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Cells and Developmental Biology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, P. R. China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Cells and Developmental Biology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, P. R. China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Cells and Developmental Biology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, P. R. China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Cells and Developmental Biology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, P. R. China
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Perni S. The Builders of the Junction: Roles of Junctophilin1 and Junctophilin2 in the Assembly of the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum–Plasma Membrane Junctions in Striated Muscle. Biomolecules 2022; 12:biom12010109. [PMID: 35053257 PMCID: PMC8774113 DOI: 10.3390/biom12010109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2021] [Revised: 01/06/2022] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Contraction of striated muscle is triggered by a massive release of calcium from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) into the cytoplasm. This intracellular calcium release is initiated by membrane depolarization, which is sensed by voltage-gated calcium channels CaV1.1 (in skeletal muscle) and CaV1.2 (in cardiac muscle) in the plasma membrane (PM), which in turn activate the calcium-releasing channel ryanodine receptor (RyR) embedded in the SR membrane. This cross-communication between channels in the PM and in the SR happens at specialized regions, the SR-PM junctions, where these two compartments come in close proximity. Junctophilin1 and Junctophilin2 are responsible for the formation and stabilization of SR-PM junctions in striated muscle and actively participate in the recruitment of the two essential players in intracellular calcium release, CaV and RyR. This short review focuses on the roles of junctophilins1 and 2 in the formation and organization of SR-PM junctions in skeletal and cardiac muscle and on the functional consequences of the absence or malfunction of these proteins in striated muscle in light of recently published data and recent advancements in protein structure prediction.
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- Stefano Perni
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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Gunther LK, Cirilo JA, Desetty R, Yengo CM. Deafness mutation in the MYO3A motor domain impairs actin protrusion elongation mechanism. Mol Biol Cell 2021; 33:ar5. [PMID: 34788109 PMCID: PMC8886822 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e21-05-0232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Class III myosins are actin-based motors proposed to transport cargo to the distal tips of stereocilia in the inner ear hair cells and/or to participate in stereocilia length regulation, which is especially important during development. Mutations in the MYO3A gene are associated with delayed onset deafness. A previous study demonstrated that L697W, a dominant deafness mutation, disrupts MYO3A ATPase and motor properties but does not impair its ability to localize to the tips of actin protrusions. In the current study, we characterized the transient kinetic mechanism of the L697W motor ATPase cycle. Our kinetic analysis demonstrates that the mutation slows the ADP release and ATP hydrolysis steps, which results in a slight reduction in the duty ratio and slows detachment kinetics. Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) of filopodia tip localized L697W and WT MYO3A in COS-7 cells revealed that the mutant does not alter turnover or average intensity at the actin protrusion tips. We demonstrate that the mutation slows filopodia extension velocity in COS-7 cells which correlates with its twofold slower in vitro actin gliding velocity. Overall, this work allowed us to propose a model for how the motor properties of MYO3A are crucial for facilitating actin protrusion length regulation.
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- Laura K Gunther
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, 17033
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, 17033
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, 17033
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, 17033
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Folding and Stability of Ankyrin Repeats Control Biological Protein Function. Biomolecules 2021; 11:biom11060840. [PMID: 34198779 PMCID: PMC8229355 DOI: 10.3390/biom11060840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Revised: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Ankyrin repeat proteins are found in all three kingdoms of life. Fundamentally, these proteins are involved in protein-protein interaction in order to activate or suppress biological processes. The basic architecture of these proteins comprises repeating modules forming elongated structures. Due to the lack of long-range interactions, a graded stability among the repeats is the generic properties of this protein family determining both protein folding and biological function. Protein folding intermediates were frequently found to be key for the biological functions of repeat proteins. In this review, we discuss most recent findings addressing this close relation for ankyrin repeat proteins including DARPins, Notch receptor ankyrin repeat domain, IκBα inhibitor of NFκB, and CDK inhibitor p19INK4d. The role of local folding and unfolding and gradual stability of individual repeats will be discussed during protein folding, protein-protein interactions, and post-translational modifications. The conformational changes of these repeats function as molecular switches for biological regulation, a versatile property for modern drug discovery.
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Cirilo JA, Gunther LK, Yengo CM. Functional Role of Class III Myosins in Hair Cells. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:643856. [PMID: 33718386 PMCID: PMC7947357 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.643856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Cytoskeletal motors produce force and motion using the energy from ATP hydrolysis and function in a variety of mechanical roles in cells including muscle contraction, cargo transport, and cell division. Actin-based myosin motors have been shown to play crucial roles in the development and function of the stereocilia of auditory and vestibular inner ear hair cells. Hair cells can contain hundreds of stereocilia, which rely on myosin motors to elongate, organize, and stabilize their structure. Mutations in many stereocilia-associated myosins have been shown to cause hearing loss in both humans and animal models suggesting that each myosin isoform has a specific function in these unique parallel actin bundle-based protrusions. Here we review what is known about the classes of myosins that function in the stereocilia, with a special focus on class III myosins that harbor point mutations associated with delayed onset hearing loss. Much has been learned about the role of the two class III myosin isoforms, MYO3A and MYO3B, in maintaining the precise stereocilia lengths required for normal hearing. We propose a model for how class III myosins play a key role in regulating stereocilia lengths and demonstrate how their motor and regulatory properties are particularly well suited for this function. We conclude that ongoing studies on class III myosins and other stereocilia-associated myosins are extremely important and may lead to novel therapeutic strategies for the treatment of hearing loss due to stereocilia degeneration.
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- Joseph A Cirilo
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, United States
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, United States
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, United States
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Distinct architecture and composition of mouse axonemal radial spoke head revealed by cryo-EM. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:2021180118. [PMID: 34871179 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2021180118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The radial spoke (RS) heads of motile cilia and flagella contact projections of the central pair (CP) apparatus to coordinate motility, but the morphology is distinct for protozoa and metazoa. Here we show the murine RS head is compositionally distinct from that of Chlamydomonas Our reconstituted murine RS head core complex consists of Rsph1, Rsph3b, Rsph4a, and Rsph9, lacking Rsph6a and Rsph10b, whose orthologs exist in the protozoan RS head. We resolve its cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) structure at 3.2-Å resolution. Our atomic model further reveals a twofold symmetric brake pad-shaped structure, in which Rsph4a and Rsph9 form a compact body extended laterally with two long arms of twisted Rsph1 β-sheets and potentially connected dorsally via Rsph3b to the RS stalk. Furthermore, our modeling suggests that the core complex contacts the periodic CP projections either rigidly through its tooth-shaped Rsph4a regions or elastically through both arms for optimized RS-CP interactions and mechanosignal transduction.
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Sajko S, Grishkovskaya I, Kostan J, Graewert M, Setiawan K, Trübestein L, Niedermüller K, Gehin C, Sponga A, Puchinger M, Gavin AC, Leonard TA, Svergun DI, Smith TK, Morriswood B, Djinovic-Carugo K. Structures of three MORN repeat proteins and a re-evaluation of the proposed lipid-binding properties of MORN repeats. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0242677. [PMID: 33296386 PMCID: PMC7725318 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2020] [Accepted: 11/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
MORN (Membrane Occupation and Recognition Nexus) repeat proteins have a wide taxonomic distribution, being found in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Despite this ubiquity, they remain poorly characterised at both a structural and a functional level compared to other common repeats. In functional terms, they are often assumed to be lipid-binding modules that mediate membrane targeting. We addressed this putative activity by focusing on a protein composed solely of MORN repeats-Trypanosoma brucei MORN1. Surprisingly, no evidence for binding to membranes or lipid vesicles by TbMORN1 could be obtained either in vivo or in vitro. Conversely, TbMORN1 did interact with individual phospholipids. High- and low-resolution structures of the MORN1 protein from Trypanosoma brucei and homologous proteins from the parasites Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium falciparum were obtained using a combination of macromolecular crystallography, small-angle X-ray scattering, and electron microscopy. This enabled a first structure-based definition of the MORN repeat itself. Furthermore, all three structures dimerised via their C-termini in an antiparallel configuration. The dimers could form extended or V-shaped quaternary structures depending on the presence of specific interface residues. This work provides a new perspective on MORN repeats, showing that they are protein-protein interaction modules capable of mediating both dimerisation and oligomerisation.
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- Sara Sajko
- Department of Structural and Computational Biology, Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Structural and Computational Biology, Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Structural and Computational Biology, Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg Unit, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Structural and Computational Biology, Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg Unit, Heidelberg, Germany
- Institute of Bioengineering, Laboratory of Lipid Cell Biology, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Structural and Computational Biology, Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Structural and Computational Biology, Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg Unit, Heidelberg, Germany
- Department for Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University of Geneva, Centre Medical Universitaire, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Structural and Computational Biology, Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- School of Biology, BSRC, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Structural and Computational Biology, Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Esmail S, Li SSC. Single-Layer β Sheets as Versatile Protein-Binding Modules. Structure 2020; 27:1352-1354. [PMID: 31484049 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2019.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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In this issue of Structure, Li et al. (2019) describe the structure of the MORN4-Myo3a complex, revealing that the MORN repeats in MORN4 form a single-layer antiparallel β sheet and employs an extensive surface area in binding Myo3a. Their findings suggest that single-layer β sheets are versatile protein-binding modules.
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- Sally Esmail
- Department of Biochemistry, Western University, London, ON N6G 2V4, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Western University, London, ON N6G 2V4, Canada; Department of Chemistry, Western University, London, ON N6G 2V4, Canada; Department of Oncology, Western University, London, ON N6G 2V4, Canada.
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Liu H, Li Z, Yang Q, Liu W, Wan J, Li J, Zhang M. Substrate docking-mediated specific and efficient lysine methylation by the SET domain-containing histone methyltransferase SETD7. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:13355-13365. [PMID: 31324717 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.009630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2019] [Revised: 07/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Lysine methylation of cellular proteins is catalyzed by dozens of lysine methyltransferases (KMTs), occurs in thousands of different histone and nonhistone proteins, and regulates diverse biological processes. Dysregulation of KMT-mediated lysine methylations underlies many human diseases. A key unanswered question is how proteins, nonhistone proteins in particular, are specifically methylated by each KMT. Here, using several biochemical approaches, including analytical gel filtration chromatography, isothermal titration calorimetry, and in vitro methylation assays, we discovered that SET domain-containing 7 histone lysine methyltransferase (SETD7), a KMT capable of methylating both histone and nonhistone proteins, uses its N-terminal membrane occupation and recognition nexus (MORN) repeats to dock its substrates and subsequently juxtapose their Lys methylation motif for efficient and specific methylation by the catalytic SET domain. Such docking site-mediated methylation mechanism rationalizes binding and methylation of previously known substrates and predicts new SETD7 substrates. Our findings further suggest that other KMTs may also use docking-mediated substrate recognition mechanisms to achieve their catalytic specificity and efficiency.
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- Haiyang Liu
- Division of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China; Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Neuronal Structural Biology, Biomedical Research Institute, Shenzhen Peking University-The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Medical Center, Shenzhen 518036, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Neuronal Structural Biology, Biomedical Research Institute, Shenzhen Peking University-The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Medical Center, Shenzhen 518036, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Neuronal Structural Biology, Biomedical Research Institute, Shenzhen Peking University-The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Medical Center, Shenzhen 518036, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Neuronal Structural Biology, Biomedical Research Institute, Shenzhen Peking University-The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Medical Center, Shenzhen 518036, China
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- Division of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China; Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Neuronal Structural Biology, Biomedical Research Institute, Shenzhen Peking University-The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Medical Center, Shenzhen 518036, China
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- Division of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China; Division of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- Division of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China; Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Neuronal Structural Biology, Biomedical Research Institute, Shenzhen Peking University-The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Medical Center, Shenzhen 518036, China.
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