scholarly journals Structural basis of protein translocation by the Vps4-Vta1 AAA ATPase

eLife ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Monroe ◽  
Han Han ◽  
Peter S Shen ◽  
Wesley I Sundquist ◽  
Christopher P Hill
Keyword(s):  
Protein Translocation ◽  
Cellular Membrane ◽  
The Other ◽  
Structural Basis ◽  
Atp Binding ◽  
Fission Reactions ◽  
Aaa Atpase ◽  
Membrane Fission ◽  
Substrate Peptide ◽  
Aaa Atpases

Many important cellular membrane fission reactions are driven by ESCRT pathways, which culminate in disassembly of ESCRT-III polymers by the AAA ATPase Vps4. We report a 4.3 Å resolution cryo-EM structure of the active Vps4 hexamer with its cofactor Vta1, ADP·BeFx, and an ESCRT-III substrate peptide. Four Vps4 subunits form a helix whose interfaces are consistent with ATP binding, is stabilized by Vta1, and binds the substrate peptide. The fifth subunit approximately continues this helix but appears to be dissociating. The final Vps4 subunit completes a notched-washer configuration as if transitioning between the ends of the helix. We propose that ATP binding propagates growth at one end of the helix while hydrolysis promotes disassembly at the other end, so that Vps4 ‘walks’ along ESCRT-III until it encounters the ordered N-terminal domain to destabilize the ESCRT-III lattice. This model may be generally applicable to other protein-translocating AAA ATPases.

scholarly journals Structure and mechanism of the ESCRT pathway AAA+ ATPase Vps4

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Han Han ◽  
Christopher P. Hill
Keyword(s):  
Cell Biology ◽  
Cellular Membrane ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Transport Pathways ◽  
Endosomal Sorting ◽  
Aaa Atpase ◽  
Protein Substrates ◽  
Membrane Fission ◽  
Aaa Atpases ◽  
Equivalent Mechanism

Abstract The progression of ESCRT (Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport) pathways, which mediate numerous cellular membrane fission events, is driven by the enzyme Vps4. Understanding of Vps4 mechanism is, therefore, of fundamental importance in its own right and, moreover, it is highly relevant to the understanding of many related AAA+ ATPases that function in multiple facets of cell biology. Vps4 unfolds its ESCRT-III protein substrates by translocating them through its central hexameric pore, thereby driving membrane fission and recycling of ESCRT-III subunits. This mini-review focuses on recent advances in Vps4 structure and mechanism, including ideas about how Vps4 translocates and unfolds ESCRT-III subunits. Related AAA+ ATPases that share structural features with Vps4 and likely utilize an equivalent mechanism are also discussed.

scholarly journals Structures, Functions, and Dynamics of ESCRT-III/Vps4 Membrane Remodeling and Fission Complexes

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
John McCullough ◽  
Adam Frost ◽  
Wesley I. Sundquist
Keyword(s):  
Cellular Membrane ◽  
Mechanistic Models ◽  
Fission Reactions ◽  
Membrane Remodeling ◽  
Site Specific ◽  
Endosomal Sorting ◽  
Aaa Atpase ◽  
Membrane Fission ◽  
Membrane Bound ◽  
Inside Out

The endosomal sorting complexes required for transport (ESCRT) pathway mediates cellular membrane remodeling and fission reactions. The pathway comprises five core complexes: ALIX, ESCRT-I, ESCRT-II, ESCRT-III, and Vps4. These soluble complexes are typically recruited to target membranes by site-specific adaptors that bind one or both of the early-acting ESCRT factors: ALIX and ESCRT-I/ESCRT-II. These factors, in turn, nucleate assembly of ESCRT-III subunits into membrane-bound filaments that recruit the AAA ATPase Vps4. Together, ESCRT-III filaments and Vps4 remodel and sever membranes. Here, we review recent advances in our understanding of the structures, activities, and mechanisms of the ESCRT-III and Vps4 machinery, including the first high-resolution structures of ESCRT-III filaments, the assembled Vps4 enzyme in complex with an ESCRT-III substrate, the discovery that ESCRT-III/Vps4 complexes can promote both inside-out and outside-in membrane fission reactions, and emerging mechanistic models for ESCRT-mediated membrane fission.

scholarly journals Cytoplasmic dynein regulates its attachment to microtubules via nucleotide state-switched mechanosensing at multiple AAA domains

2015 ◽  
Vol 112 (20) ◽  
pp. 6371-6376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew P. Nicholas ◽  
Florian Berger ◽  
Lu Rao ◽  
Sibylle Brenner ◽  
Carol Cho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optical Tweezers ◽  
Atp Hydrolysis ◽  
Cytoplasmic Dynein ◽  
Atp Binding ◽  
Mechanical Tension ◽  
Main Site ◽  
Aaa Atpase ◽  
C Terminus ◽  
Directed Motility ◽  
Aaa Atpases

Cytoplasmic dynein is a homodimeric microtubule (MT) motor protein responsible for most MT minus-end–directed motility. Dynein contains four AAA+ ATPases (AAA: ATPase associated with various cellular activities) per motor domain (AAA1–4). The main site of ATP hydrolysis, AAA1, is the only site considered by most dynein motility models. However, it remains unclear how ATPase activity and MT binding are coordinated within and between dynein’s motor domains. Using optical tweezers, we characterize the MT-binding strength of recombinant dynein monomers as a function of mechanical tension and nucleotide state. Dynein responds anisotropically to tension, binding tighter to MTs when pulled toward the MT plus end. We provide evidence that this behavior results from an asymmetrical bond that acts as a slip bond under forward tension and a slip-ideal bond under backward tension. ATP weakens MT binding and reduces bond strength anisotropy, and unexpectedly, so does ADP. Using nucleotide binding and hydrolysis mutants, we show that, although ATP exerts its effects via binding AAA1, ADP effects are mediated by AAA3. Finally, we demonstrate “gating” of AAA1 function by AAA3. When tension is absent or applied via dynein’s C terminus, ATP binding to AAA1 induces MT release only if AAA3 is in the posthydrolysis state. However, when tension is applied to the linker, ATP binding to AAA3 is sufficient to “open” the gate. These results elucidate the mechanisms of dynein–MT interactions, identify regulatory roles for AAA3, and help define the interplay between mechanical tension and nucleotide state in regulating dynein motility.

scholarly journals Structural basis for dynamic regulation of the human 26S proteasome

2016 ◽  
Vol 113 (46) ◽  
pp. 12991-12996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuobing Chen ◽  
Jiayi Wu ◽  
Ying Lu ◽  
Yong-Bei Ma ◽  
Byung-Hoon Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Conformational Changes ◽  
Ground State ◽  
Atp Hydrolysis ◽  
26S Proteasome ◽  
Structural Basis ◽  
Core Particle ◽  
Dynamic Regulation ◽  
Aaa Atpase ◽  
The Core ◽  
Aaa Atpases

The proteasome is the major engine of protein degradation in all eukaryotic cells. At the heart of this machine is a heterohexameric ring of AAA (ATPases associated with diverse cellular activities) proteins that unfolds ubiquitylated target proteins that are concurrently translocated into a proteolytic chamber and degraded into peptides. Using cryoelectron microscopy, we determined a near–atomic-resolution structure of the 2.5-MDa human proteasome in its ground state, as well as subnanometer-resolution structures of the holoenzyme in three alternative conformational states. The substrate-unfolding AAA-ATPase channel is narrowed by 10 inward-facing pore loops arranged into two helices that run in parallel with each other, one hydrophobic in character and the other highly charged. The gate of the core particle was unexpectedly found closed in the ground state and open in only one of the alternative states. Coordinated, stepwise conformational changes of the regulatory particle couple ATP hydrolysis to substrate translocation and regulate gating of the core particle, leading to processive degradation.

scholarly journals Cryo-EM structures of the archaeal PAN-proteasome reveal an around-the-ring ATPase cycle

2018 ◽  
Vol 116 (2) ◽  
pp. 534-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parijat Majumder ◽  
Till Rudack ◽  
Florian Beck ◽  
Radostin Danev ◽  
Günter Pfeifer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
26S Proteasome ◽  
Structural Basis ◽  
Particle Analysis ◽  
Aaa Atpase ◽  
Cellular Processes ◽  
Domains Of Life ◽  
Atpase Subunits ◽  
Domain Motions ◽  
And Control ◽  
Aaa Atpases

Proteasomes occur in all three domains of life, and are the principal molecular machines for the regulated degradation of intracellular proteins. They play key roles in the maintenance of protein homeostasis, and control vital cellular processes. While the eukaryotic 26S proteasome is extensively characterized, its putative evolutionary precursor, the archaeal proteasome, remains poorly understood. The primordial archaeal proteasome consists of a 20S proteolytic core particle (CP), and an AAA-ATPase module. This minimal complex degrades protein unassisted by non-ATPase subunits that are present in a 26S proteasome regulatory particle (RP). Using cryo-EM single-particle analysis, we determined structures of the archaeal CP in complex with the AAA-ATPase PAN (proteasome-activating nucleotidase). Five conformational states were identified, elucidating the functional cycle of PAN, and its interaction with the CP. Coexisting nucleotide states, and correlated intersubunit signaling features, coordinate rotation of the PAN-ATPase staircase, and allosterically regulate N-domain motions and CP gate opening. These findings reveal the structural basis for a sequential around-the-ring ATPase cycle, which is likely conserved in AAA-ATPases.

scholarly journals Author response: Structural basis of protein translocation by the Vps4-Vta1 AAA ATPase

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Monroe ◽  
Han Han ◽  
Peter S Shen ◽  
Wesley I Sundquist ◽  
Christopher P Hill
Keyword(s):  
Protein Translocation ◽  
Author Response ◽  
Structural Basis ◽  
Aaa Atpase

SRP RNA Remodeling by SRP68 Explains Its Role in Protein Translocation

Science ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 344 (6179) ◽  
pp. 101-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Timo Grotwinkel ◽  
Klemens Wild ◽  
Bernd Segnitz ◽  
Irmgard Sinning
Keyword(s):  
Ribosomal Rna ◽  
Protein Targeting ◽  
Rna Binding ◽  
Protein Translocation ◽  
Signal Recognition Particle ◽  
Structural Basis ◽  
Signal Recognition ◽  
Rna Remodeling ◽  
Srp Rna ◽  
Arginine Rich Motif

The signal recognition particle (SRP) is central to membrane protein targeting; SRP RNA is essential for SRP assembly, elongation arrest, and activation of SRP guanosine triphosphatases. In eukaryotes, SRP function relies on the SRP68-SRP72 heterodimer. We present the crystal structures of the RNA-binding domain of SRP68 (SRP68-RBD) alone and in complex with SRP RNA and SRP19. SRP68-RBD is a tetratricopeptide-like module that binds to a RNA three-way junction, bends the RNA, and inserts an α-helical arginine-rich motif (ARM) into the major groove. The ARM opens the conserved 5f RNA loop, which in ribosome-bound SRP establishes a contact to ribosomal RNA. Our data provide the structural basis for eukaryote-specific, SRP68-driven RNA remodeling required for protein translocation.

scholarly journals Novel Interactions of ESCRT-III with LIP5 and VPS4 and their Implications for ESCRT-III Disassembly

2008 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 2661-2672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soomin Shim ◽  
Samuel A. Merrill ◽  
Phyllis I. Hanson
Keyword(s):  
Atpase Activity ◽  
Binding Site ◽  
Binding Sites ◽  
Essential Role ◽  
Multivesicular Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
Aaa Atpase ◽  
Direct Binding ◽  
Novel Interactions

The AAA+ ATPase VPS4 plays an essential role in multivesicular body biogenesis and is thought to act by disassembling ESCRT-III complexes. VPS4 oligomerization and ATPase activity are promoted by binding to LIP5. LIP5 also binds to the ESCRT-III like protein CHMP5/hVps60, but how this affects its function remains unclear. Here we confirm that LIP5 binds tightly to CHMP5, but also find that it binds well to additional ESCRT-III proteins including CHMP1B, CHMP2A/hVps2–1, and CHMP3/hVps24 but not CHMP4A/hSnf7–1 or CHMP6/hVps20. LIP5 binds to a different region within CHMP5 than within the other ESCRT-III proteins. In CHMP1B and CHMP2A, its binding site encompasses sequences at the proteins' extreme C-termini that overlap with “MIT interacting motifs” (MIMs) known to bind to VPS4. We find unexpected evidence of a second conserved binding site for VPS4 in CHMP2A and CHMP1B, suggesting that LIP5 and VPS4 may bind simultaneously to these proteins despite the overlap in their primary binding sites. Finally, LIP5 binds preferentially to soluble CHMP5 but instead to polymerized CHMP2A, suggesting that the newly defined interactions between LIP5 and ESCRT-III proteins may be regulated by ESCRT-III conformation. These studies point to a role for direct binding between LIP5 and ESCRT-III proteins that is likely to complement LIP5's previously described ability to regulate VPS4 activity.

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