Muniesh Muthaiyan Shanmugam, Barmaver Syed Nooruzuha, Huang Hsin-Yi, Bayansan Odvogmed, Wagner Oliver Ingvar
Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan.
Mol Biol Cell. 2020 Dec 15;31(26):2932-2947. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E19-10-0591. Epub 2020 Nov 4.
UNC-104 is the homolog of kinesin-3 KIF1A known for its fast shuffling of synaptic vesicle protein transport vesicles in axons. SYD-2 is the homolog of liprin-α in known to activate UNC-104; however, signals that trigger SYD-2 binding to the motor remain unknown. Because SYD-2 is a substrate of PTP-3/LAR PTPR, we speculate a role of this phosphatase in SYD-2-mediated motor activation. Indeed, coimmunoprecipitation assays revealed increased interaction between UNC-104 and SYD-2 in knockout worms. Intramolecular FRET analysis in living nematodes demonstrates that SYD-2 largely exists in an open conformation state in mutants. These assays also revealed that nonphosphorylatable SYD-2 (Y741F) exists predominately in folded conformations, while phosphomimicking SYD-2 (Y741E) primarily exists in open conformations. Increased UNC-104 motor clustering was observed along axons likely as a result of elevated SYD-2 scaffolding function mutants. Also, both motor velocities as well as cargo transport speeds were visibly increased in neurons of mutants. Lastly, epistatic analysis revealed that PTP-3 is upstream of SYD-2 to regulate its intramolecular folding.
UNC-104是驱动蛋白-3 KIF1A的同源物,以其在轴突中快速转运突触小泡蛋白运输小泡而闻名。SYD-2是已知能激活UNC-104的liprin-α的同源物;然而,触发SYD-2与该分子马达结合的信号仍不清楚。由于SYD-2是PTP-3/LAR PTPR的底物,我们推测这种磷酸酶在SYD-2介导的分子马达激活中发挥作用。事实上,免疫共沉淀分析显示在基因敲除线虫中UNC-104与SYD-2之间的相互作用增加。对线虫进行的分子内荧光共振能量转移分析表明,在突变体中SYD-2主要以开放构象状态存在。这些分析还表明,不可磷酸化的SYD-2(Y741F)主要以折叠构象存在,而模拟磷酸化的SYD-2(Y741E)主要以开放构象存在。在突变体中,由于SYD-2支架功能增强,观察到沿轴突的UNC-104分子马达聚集增加。此外,在突变体的神经元中,分子马达速度和货物运输速度均明显增加。最后,上位性分析表明PTP-3在SYD-2的上游调节其分子内折叠。