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Title | Structure of the HOPS tethering complex, a lysosomal membrane fusion machinery. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Elife, Vol. 11, Year 2022 |
Publish date | Sep 13, 2022 |
Authors | Dmitry Shvarev / Jannis Schoppe / Caroline König / Angela Perz / Nadia Füllbrunn / Stephan Kiontke / Lars Langemeyer / Dovile Januliene / Kilian Schnelle / Daniel Kümmel / Florian Fröhlich / Arne Moeller / Christian Ungermann / |
PubMed Abstract | Lysosomes are essential for cellular recycling, nutrient signaling, autophagy, and pathogenic bacteria and viruses invasion. Lysosomal fusion is fundamental to cell survival and requires HOPS, a ...Lysosomes are essential for cellular recycling, nutrient signaling, autophagy, and pathogenic bacteria and viruses invasion. Lysosomal fusion is fundamental to cell survival and requires HOPS, a conserved heterohexameric tethering complex. On the membranes to be fused, HOPS binds small membrane-associated GTPases and assembles SNAREs for fusion, but how the complex fulfills its function remained speculative. Here, we used cryo-electron microscopy to reveal the structure of HOPS. Unlike previously reported, significant flexibility of HOPS is confined to its extremities, where GTPase binding occurs. The SNARE-binding module is firmly attached to the core, therefore, ideally positioned between the membranes to catalyze fusion. Our data suggest a model for how HOPS fulfills its dual functionality of tethering and fusion and indicate why it is an essential part of the membrane fusion machinery. |
External links | Elife / PubMed:36098503 / PubMed Central |
Methods | EM (single particle) / X-ray diffraction |
Resolution | 2.89 - 5.0 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-14965: HOPS tethering complex from yeast, consensus map covering the upper part of the complex EMDB-14966: HOPS tethering complex from yeast, consensus map covering the bottom part of the complex EMDB-14967: HOPS tethering complex from yeast, local refinement map of the SNARE-binding module EMDB-14968: HOPS tethering complex from yeast, local refinement map of the backbone part of the complex EMDB-14969: HOPS tethering complex from yeast, local refinement map of the bottom part of the complex (Vps18) EMDB-14970: HOPS tethering complex from yeast, local refinement map of the bottom part of the complex (Vps39) PDB-7zty: |
Chemicals | ChemComp-HOH: |
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Keywords | TRANSPORT PROTEIN / tethering / membrane fusion / GTPase effector / HOPS |