Life Sciences Institute and Department of Biological Chemistry, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Medical School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Mol Biol Cell. 2009 Aug;20(15):3514-24. doi: 10.1091/mbc.e09-05-0403. Epub 2009 May 28.
The ESCRT machinery functions in several important eukaryotic cellular processes. The AAA-ATPase Vps4 catalyzes disassembly of the ESCRT-III complex and may regulate membrane deformation and vesicle scission as well. Ist1 was proposed to be a regulator of Vps4, but its mechanism of action was unclear. The crystal structure of the N-terminal domain of Ist1 (Ist1NTD) reveals an ESCRT-III subunit-like fold, implicating Ist1 as a divergent ESCRT-III family member. Ist1NTD specifically binds to the ESCRT-III subunit Did2, and cocrystallization of Ist1NTD with a Did2 fragment shows that Ist1 interacts with the Did2 C-terminal MIM1 (MIT-interacting motif 1) via a novel MIM-binding structural motif. This arrangement indicates a mechanism for intermolecular ESCRT-III subunit association and may also suggest one form of ESCRT-III subunit autoinhibition via intramolecular interaction.
ESCRT 机制在几种重要的真核细胞过程中发挥作用。AAA-ATP 酶 Vps4 催化 ESCRT-III 复合物的解体,并且可能调节膜变形和囊泡分裂。Ist1 被提议为 Vps4 的调节剂,但其作用机制尚不清楚。Ist1 的 N 端结构域(Ist1NTD)的晶体结构揭示了一个 ESCRT-III 亚基样折叠,暗示 Ist1 是一个不同的 ESCRT-III 家族成员。Ist1NTD 特异性地与 ESCRT-III 亚基 Did2 结合,并且 Ist1NTD 与 Did2 片段的共结晶表明 Ist1 通过一个新的 MIM 结合结构基序与 Did2 C 端 MIM1(MIT 相互作用基序 1)相互作用。这种排列表明了分子间 ESCRT-III 亚基缔合的机制,并且也可能通过分子内相互作用暗示 ESCRT-III 亚基的一种自动抑制形式。