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Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of the importin-beta-SREBP-2 complex.

The nuclear-transport protein importin-beta mediates the nuclear import of the transcription factor SREBP-2 without requiring adaptor proteins such as importin-alpha. An importin-beta-SREBP-2 HLHZ domain complex was purified and crystallized. The crystals belong to space group P2(1)2(1)2(1) and show diffraction to at least 3.0 A resolution. The unit-cell parameters are a = 101.0, b = 113.2, c = 240.0 A. Structure determination using the MAD or SAD method is under way.

Animals↗

PI3 kinase enhancer-Homer complex couples mGluRI to PI3 kinase, preventing neuronal apoptosis.

Phosphoinositide 3 kinase enhancer (PIKE) is a recently identified nuclear GTPase that activates nuclear phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3 kinase). We have identified, cloned and characterized a new form of PIKE, designated PIKE-L, which, unlike the nuclear PIKE-S, localizes to both the cytoplasm and the nucleus. We demonstrate physiologic binding of PIKE-L to Homer, an adaptor protein known to link metabotropic glutamate receptors to multiple intracellular targets including the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R). We show that activation of group I metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRIs) enhances formation of an mGluRI-Homer-PIKE-L complex, leading to activation of PI3 kinase activity and prevention of neuronal apoptosis. Our findings indicate that this complex mediates the well-known ability of agonists of mGluRI to prevent neuronal apoptosis.

Adenoviridae↗

p14-MP1-MEK1 signaling regulates endosomal traffic and cellular proliferation during tissue homeostasis.

The extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) cascade regulates proliferation, differentiation, and survival in multicellular organisms. Scaffold proteins regulate intracellular signaling by providing critical spatial and temporal specificity. The scaffold protein MEK1 (mitogen-activated protein kinase and ERK kinase 1) partner (MP1) is localized to late endosomes by the adaptor protein p14. Using conditional gene disruption of p14 in mice, we now demonstrate that the p14-MP1-MEK1 signaling complex regulates late endosomal traffic and cellular proliferation. This function its essential for early embryogenesis and during tissue homeostasis, as revealed by epidermis-specific deletion of p14. These findings show that endosomal p14-MP1-MEK1 signaling has a specific and essential function in vivo and, therefore, indicate that regulation of late endosomal traffic by extracellular signals is required to maintain tissue homeostasis.

Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing↗

Translocation of endothelial nitric-oxide synthase involves a ternary complex with caveolin-1 and NOSTRIN.

Recently, we characterized a novel endothelial nitric-oxide synthase (eNOS)-interacting protein, NOSTRIN (for eNOS-trafficking inducer), which decreases eNOS activity upon overexpression and induces translocation of eNOS away from the plasma membrane. Here, we show that NOSTRIN directly binds to caveolin-1, a well-established inhibitor of eNOS. Because this interaction occurs between the N terminus of caveolin (positions 1-61) and the central domain of NOSTRIN (positions 323-434), it allows for independent binding of each of the two proteins to eNOS. Consistently, we were able to demonstrate the existence of a ternary complex of NOSTRIN, eNOS, and caveolin-1 in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO)-eNOS cells. In human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs), the ternary complex assembles at the plasma membrane upon confluence or thrombin stimulation. In CHO-eNOS cells, NOSTRIN-mediated translocation of eNOS involves caveolin in a process most likely representing caveolar trafficking. Accordingly, trafficking of NOSTRIN/eNOS/caveolin is affected by altering the state of actin filaments or cholesterol levels in the plasma membrane. During caveolar trafficking, NOSTRIN functions as an adaptor to recruit mediators such as dynamin-2 essential for membrane fission. We propose that a ternary complex between NOSTRIN, caveolin-1, and eNOS mediates translocation of eNOS, with important implications for the activity and availability of eNOS in the cell.

Actins↗

NALPs: a novel protein family involved in inflammation.

A newly discovered family of cytoplasmic proteins--the NALPs--has been implicated in the activation of caspase-1 by the Toll-like receptors (TLRs) during the cell's response to microbial infection. Like the structurally related apoptotic protease-activating factor-1 (APAF-1), which is responsible for the activation of caspase-9, the NALP1 protein forms a large, signal-induced multiprotein complex, the inflammasome, resulting in the activation of pro-inflammatory caspases.

Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing↗

HIV-1 Vpu sequesters beta-transducin repeat-containing protein (betaTrCP) in the cytoplasm and provokes the accumulation of beta-catenin and other SCFbetaTrCP substrates.

The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Vpu protein acts as an adaptor for the proteasomal degradation of CD4 by recruiting CD4 and beta-transducin repeat-containing protein (betaTrCP), the receptor component of the multisubunit SCF-betaTrCP E3 ubiquitin ligase complex. We showed that the expression of a Vpu-green fluorescent fusion protein prevented the proteosomal degradation of betaTrCP substrates such as beta-catenin, IkappaBalpha, and ATF4, which are normally directly targeted to the proteasome for degradation. Beta-catenin was translocated into the nucleus, whereas the tumor necrosis factor-induced nuclear translocation of NFkappaB was impaired. Beta-catenin was also up-regulated in cells producing Vpu+ human immunodeficiency virus type 1 but not in cells producing Vpu-deficient viruses. The overexpression of ATF4 also provoked accumulation of beta-catenin, but to a lower level than that resulting from the expression of Vpu. Finally, the expression of Vpu induces the exclusion of betaTrCP from the nucleus. These data suggest that Vpu is a strong competitive inhibitor of betaTrCP that impairs the degradation of SCFbetaTrCP substrates as long as Vpu has an intact phosphorylation motif and can bind to betaTrCP.

Binding Sites↗

The inflammasome.

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Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing↗

AP-4 binds basolateral signals and participates in basolateral sorting in epithelial MDCK cells.

Adaptors are heterotetrameric complexes that mediate the incorporation of cargo into transport vesicles by interacting with sorting signals present in the cytosolic domain of transmembrane proteins. Four adaptors, AP-1 (beta 1, gamma, mu 1A or mu 1B, sigma 1), AP-2 (beta 2, alpha, mu 2, sigma 2), AP-3 (beta 3 , delta, mu 3, sigma 3) or AP-4 (beta 4, epsilon, mu 4, sigma 4), have been characterized. AP-1 and AP-3 mediate sorting events at the level of the TGN and/or endosomes, whereas AP-2 functions in endocytic clathrin coated vesicle formation; no function is known so far for AP-4. Here, we show that AP-4 can bind different types of cytosolic signals known to mediate basolateral transport in epithelial cells. Furthermore, in MDCK cells with depleted mu 4 protein levels, several basolateral proteins are mis-sorted to the apical surface, showing that AP-4 participates in basolateral sorting in epithelial cells.

Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport↗

Control of SCAR activity in Dictyostelium discoideum.

The WASP (Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein)/SCAR (suppressor of cAMP receptor) family of adaptor proteins regulate actin polymerization by coupling Rho-family GTPases to the activation of the Arp2/3 complex. SCAR exists within a complex of proteins, including Nap1 (Nck-associated protein 1), PIR121 (p53-inducible mRNA 121), Abi2 (Abl-interactor 2) and HSPC300. This complex was first reported to inhibit SCAR activity, but there is now some controversy over whether the complex is inhibitory or activatory. This complex is currently being studied in a wide range of different systems, and model organisms such as the amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum have been used to remove genetically SCAR complex members to ascertain their specific roles.

Actins↗

An intact dilysine-like motif in the carboxyl terminus of MAL is required for normal apical transport of the influenza virus hemagglutinin cargo protein in epithelial Madin-Darby canine kidney cells.

The MAL proteolipid, a component of the integral protein sorting machinery, has been demonstrated as being necessary for normal apical transport of the influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) and the overall apical membrane proteins in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells. The MAL carboxy terminus ends with the sequence Arg-Trp-Lys-Ser-Ser (RWKSS), which resembles dilysine-based motifs involved in protein sorting. To investigate whether the RWKSS pentapeptide plays a role in modulating the distribution of MAL and/or its function in apical transport, we have expressed MAL proteins with distinct carboxy terminus in MDCK cells whose apical transport was impaired by depletion of endogenous MAL. Apical transport of HA was restored to normal levels by expression of MAL with an intact but not with modified carboxyl terminal sequences bearing mutations that impair the functioning of dilysine-based sorting signals, although all the MAL proteins analyzed incorporated efficiently into lipid rafts. Ultrastructural analysis indicated that compared with MAL bearing an intact RWKSS sequence, a mutant with lysine -3 substituted by serine showed a twofold increased presence in clathrin-coated cytoplasmic structures and a reduced expression on the plasma membrane. These results indicate that the carboxyl-terminal RWKSS sequence modulates the distribution of MAL in clathrin-coated elements and is necessary for HA transport to the apical surface.

Adaptor Protein Complex gamma Subunits↗

Raptor, a binding partner of target of rapamycin.

The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) controls cell growth in response to amino acids and growth factors, in part by regulating p70 S6 kinase alpha (p70 alpha) and eukaryotic initiation factor 4E binding protein 1 (4EBP1). Raptor (regulatory associated protein of mTOR) is a 150 kDa mTOR binding protein that is essential for TOR signaling in vivo and also binds 4EBP1 and p70alpha through their respective TOS (TOR signaling) motifs, a short conserved segment previously shown to be required for amino acid- and mTOR-dependent regulation of these substrates in vivo. Raptor appears to serve as an mTOR scaffold protein, the binding of which to the TOS motif of mTOR substrates is necessary for effective mTOR-catalyzed phosphorylation. Further understanding of regulation of the mTOR-raptor complex in response to the nutritional environment would require identification of the interplay between the mTOR-raptor complex and its upstream effectors such as the protein products of tumor suppressor gene tuberous sclerosis complexes 1 and 2, and the Ras-related small G protein Rheb.

Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing↗

The common murine retroviral integration site activating Hhex marks a distal regulatory enhancer co-opted in human early T-cell precursor leukemia.

The Hhex gene encodes a transcription factor that is important for both embryonic and post-natal development, especially of hematopoietic tissues. Hhex is one of the most common sites of retroviral integration in mouse models. We found the most common integrations in AKXD (recombinant inbred strains) T-ALLs occur 57-61kb 3' of Hhex and activate Hhex gene expression. The genomic region of murine leukemia virus (MLV) integrations has features of a developmental stage-specific cis regulatory element (CRE), as evidenced by ATAC-seq in murine progenitor cells and high H3K27 acetylation at the syntenic CRE in human hematopoietic cell lines. With ChIP-exonuclease, we describe occupancy of LIM domain binding protein 1 (LDB1), the constitutive partner of the LIM Only-2 (LMO2), GATA1, and TAL1 transcription factors at GATA sites and at a composite GATA-E box within the CRE. With virtual 4C analysis, we observed looping between this +65kb CRE and the proximal intron one enhancer of HHEX in primary human ETP-ALLs and in normal progenitor cells. Our results show that retroviral integrations at intergenic sites can mark and take advantage of CREs. Specifically, in the case of HHEX activation, this newly described +65kb CRE is co-opted in the pathogenesis of ETP-ALL by the LMO2/LDB1 complex.

Humans↗

Characterization of the recombinant IKK1/IKK2 heterodimer. Mechanisms regulating kinase activity.

Nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappaB) is a ubiquitous, inducible transcription factor that regulates the initiation and progression of immune and inflammatory stress responses. NF-kappaB activation depends on phosphorylation and degradation of its inhibitor protein, IkappaB, initiated by an IkappaB kinase (IKK) complex. This IKK complex includes a catalytic heterodimer composed of IkappaB kinase 1 (IKK1) and IkappaB kinase 2 (IKK2) as well as a regulatory adaptor subunit, NF-kappaB essential modulator. To better understand the role of IKKs in NF-kappaB activation, we have cloned, expressed, purified, and characterized the physiological isoform, the rhIKK1/rhIKK2 heterodimer. We compared its kinetic properties with those of the homodimers rhIKK1 and rhIKK2 and a constitutively active rhIKK2 (S177E, S181E) mutant. We demonstrate activation of these recombinantly expressed IKKs by phosphorylation during expression in a baculoviral system. The K(m) values for ATP and IkappaBalpha peptide for the rhIKK1/rhIKK2 heterodimer are 0.63 and 0.60 micrometer, respectively, which are comparable to those of the IKK2 homodimer. However, the purified rhIKK1/rhIKK2 heterodimer exhibits the highest catalytic efficiency (k(cat)/K(m)) of 47.50 h(-1) micrometer(-1) using an IkappaBalpha peptide substrate compared with any of the other IKK isoforms, including rhIKK2 (17.44 h(-1) micrometer(-1)), its mutant rhIKK2 (S177E, S181E, 1.18 h(-1) micrometer(-1)), or rhIKK1 (0.02 h(-1) micrometer(-1)). Kinetic analysis also indicates that, although both products of the kinase reaction, ADP and a phosphorylated IkappaBalpha peptide, exhibited competitive inhibitory kinetics, only ADP with the low K(i) of 0.77 micrometer may play a physiological role in regulation of the enzyme activity.

Catalysis↗

The highly conserved C-terminal dileucine motif in the cytosolic domain of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 envelope glycoprotein is critical for its association with the AP-1 clathrin adaptor [correction of adapter].

Short amino acid sequences in the cytosolic domains of transmembrane proteins are recognized by specialized adaptor [corrected] proteins which are part of coated vesicles utilized to transport membrane proteins between the trans-Golgi network (TGN) and the plasma membrane (forward and backward). Previously, we and others reported that the membrane-proximal tyrosine residues Y712 (human immunodeficiency virus [HIV]) and Y721 (simian immunodeficiency virus [SIV]) in the envelope glycoprotein (Env) of the primate lentiviruses are crucial for the association of Env with clathrin-associated adaptor [corrected] complex AP-2. The same tyrosine-based endocytosis motifs in the cytosolic domains (EnvCD) of transmembrane gp41 of HIV type 1 (HIV-1) and SIV, respectively, were also shown to modulate the interaction with TGN- and endosome-based clathrin-associated complex AP-1. Our findings suggested that EnvCD binding to AP-1, unlike the association of EnvCD with AP-2, is dependent largely on residues other than Y712 and Y721. Here, we tested if motifs downstream of Y712 affect HIV-1 EnvCD-AP-1 binding and Env trafficking. Mutational analysis revealed that the C-terminal leucine-based motif in Env was crucial for the recruitment of AP-1 in vitro and in Env-expressing cells. In addition to affecting Env-AP-1 association, mutations at the C terminus of Env also altered the subcellular localization of Env, suggesting that proper post-Golgi routing of Env depends on its recruitment of AP-1. Finally, the C-terminal dileucine was shown to assist the membrane-proximal Y712 motif in restricting the cell surface expression of Env.

Adaptor Protein Complex delta Subunits↗

Substrate-triggered recruitment of the TolC channel-tunnel during type I export of hemolysin by Escherichia coli.

A defining event in type I export of hemolysin by Escherichia coli is the substrate-triggered recruitment of the TolC channel-tunnel by an inner membrane complex. This complex comprises a traffic ATPase (HlyB) and the 478 residue adaptor protein (HlyD), which contacts TolC during recruitment. HlyD has a large periplasmic domain (amino acid residues 81-478) linked by a single transmembrane helix to a small N-terminal cytosolic domain (1-59). Export was disabled by deletion of the ca 60 amino acid residue cytosolic domain of HlyD, even though the truncated HlyD (HlyDDelta45) was, like the wild-type, able to trimerise in the cytosolic membrane, and interact with the traffic ATPase. The mutant HlyB/HlyDDelta45 inner membrane complex engaged the hemolysin substrate, but this substrate-engaged complex failed to trigger recruitment of TolC. Further analyses showed that HlyDDelta45 was specifically unable to bind the substrate. The result suggests that substrate engagement by the traffic ATPase alone is insufficient to trigger TolC recruitment, and that substrate binding to the HlyD cytosolic domain is essential. Analysis of three further N-terminal deletion variants, HlyDDelta26, HlyDDelta26-45 and HlyDDelta34-38, indicated that an extreme N-terminal amphipathic helix and a cytosolic cluster of charged residues are central to the cytosolic domain function. The cytosolic amphipathic helix was not essential for substrate engagement or TolC recruitment, but export was impaired without it. In contrast, when the charged amino acid residues were deleted, the substrate was still engaged by HlyD but engagement was unproductive, i.e. TolC recruitment was not triggered. Our results are compatible with the HlyD cytosolic domain mediating transduction of the substrate binding signal directly, presumably to the HlyD periplasmic domain, to trigger recruitment of TolC and assemble the type I export complex.

ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters↗

The influenza virus NEP (NS2 protein) mediates the nuclear export of viral ribonucleoproteins.

Nuclear import and export of viral nucleic acids is crucial for the replication cycle of many viruses, and elucidation of the mechanism of these steps may provide a paradigm for understanding general biological processes. Influenza virus replicates its RNA genome in the nucleus of infected cells. The influenza virus NS2 protein, which had no previously assigned function, was shown to mediate the nuclear export of virion RNAs by acting as an adaptor between viral ribonucleoprotein complexes and the nuclear export machinery of the cell. A functional domain on the NS2 with characteristics of a nuclear export signal was mapped: it interacts with cellular nucleoporins, can functionally replace the effector domain of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Rev protein and mediates rapid nuclear export when cross-linked to a reporter protein. Microinjection of anti-NS2 antibodies into infected cells inhibited nuclear export of viral ribonucleoproteins, suggesting that the Rev-like NS2 mediates this process. Therefore, we have renamed this Rev-like factor the influenza virus nuclear export protein or NEP. We propose a model by which NEP acts as a protein adaptor molecule bridging viral ribonucleoproteins and the nuclear pore complex.

Amino Acid Sequence↗

The yeasts Rho1p and Pkc1p regulate the transport of chitin synthase III (Chs3p) from internal stores to the plasma membrane.

During cell stress, Saccharomyces cerevisiae increases the synthesis of chitin and glucans to strengthen and repair the cell wall. In this study, we show that under conditions of cell stress, the steady-state localization of chitin synthase III (Chs3p) shifts from internal stores (chitosomes) to the plasma membrane (PM). This redistribution occurs rapidly and requires the activators of the cell wall stress response signaling pathway, the G protein Rho1p, and the protein kinase Pkc1p, but not the cell integrity response mitogen-activated protein kinase cascade. Furthermore, expression of activated forms of Rho1p or Pkc1p, in the absence of cell stress, is sufficient to redistribute Chs3p to the PM. In cells deficient for both the clathrin adaptor complex 1 and Chs6p, where Chs3p is transported to the PM by an alternative bypass pathway, cell wall stress did not cause mobilization of Chs3p, suggesting that Rho1p/Pkc1p regulate Chs3p exit from the trans-Golgi network. The mobilization of an intracellular reservoir of Chs3p presents a novel opportunity to investigate the genetic basis of regulated vesicular traffic.

Cell Membrane↗

Suppressors of YCK-encoded yeast casein kinase 1 deficiency define the four subunits of a novel clathrin AP-like complex.

In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the redundant YCK1 and YCK2 genes (Yeast Casein Kinase 1) are required for viability. We describe here the molecular analysis of four mutations that eliminate the requirement for Yck activity. These mutations alter proteins that resemble the four subunits of clathrin adaptors (APs), with highest sequence similarity to those of the recently identified AP-3 complex. The four yeast subunits are associated in a high-molecular-weight complex. These proteins have no essential function and are not redundant for function with other yeast AP-related proteins. Combination of suppressor mutations with a clathrin heavy chain mutation (chc1-ts) confers no synthetic growth defects. However, a yck(ts) mutation shows a strong synthetic growth defect with chc1-ts. Moreover, endocytosis of Ste3p is dramatically decreased in yck(ts) cells and is partially restored by the AP suppressor mutations. These results suggest that vesicle trafficking at the plasma membrane requires the activity of Yck protein kinases, and that the new AP-related complex may participate in this process.

Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport↗