National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)
R01-GM07391
United States
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)
T32-GM008275
United States
National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH/NHLBI)
F31-HL146077
United States
Citation
Journal: Sci Adv / Year: 2020 Title: Cryo-EM structure of NPF-bound human Arp2/3 complex and activation mechanism. Authors: Austin Zimmet / Trevor Van Eeuwen / Malgorzata Boczkowska / Grzegorz Rebowski / Kenji Murakami / Roberto Dominguez / Abstract: Actin-related protein (Arp) 2/3 complex nucleates branched actin networks that drive cell motility. It consists of seven proteins, including two actin-related subunits (Arp2 and Arp3). Two nucleation- ...Actin-related protein (Arp) 2/3 complex nucleates branched actin networks that drive cell motility. It consists of seven proteins, including two actin-related subunits (Arp2 and Arp3). Two nucleation-promoting factors (NPFs) bind Arp2/3 complex during activation, but the order, specific interactions, and contribution of each NPF to activation are unresolved. Here, we report the cryo-electron microscopy structure of recombinantly expressed human Arp2/3 complex with two WASP family NPFs bound and address the mechanism of activation. A cross-linking assay that captures the transition of the Arps into the activated filament-like conformation shows that actin binding to NPFs favors this transition. Actin-NPF binding to Arp2 precedes binding to Arp3 and is sufficient to promote the filament-like conformation but not activation. Structure-guided mutagenesis of the NPF-binding sites reveals their distinct roles in activation and shows that, contrary to budding yeast Arp2/3 complex, NPF-mediated delivery of actin at the barbed end of both Arps is required for activation of human Arp2/3 complex.
History
Deposition
Sep 27, 2019
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Header (metadata) release
Nov 20, 2019
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Map release
Jul 1, 2020
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Update
Mar 20, 2024
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Current status
Mar 20, 2024
Processing site: RCSB / Status: Released
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Structure visualization
Movie
Surface view with section colored by density value
Model: Quantifoil R2/2 / Material: COPPER / Mesh: 200 / Pretreatment - Type: GLOW DISCHARGE / Pretreatment - Time: 60 sec. / Pretreatment - Atmosphere: AIR Details: Grids glow discharged with easiGLOW glow discharger at 0.3 mBar, 25mA for 1 minute
Vitrification
Cryogen name: ETHANE / Instrument: LEICA EM CPC Details: Grids manually blotted for 3 seconds with Whatman 41 filter paper and manually plunged on Leica EM CPC manual plunger..
Details
This sample was monodisperse
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Electron microscopy
Microscope
FEI TITAN KRIOS
Specialist optics
Energy filter - Slit width: 20 eV
Details
Data collected in super resolution mode. Illuminated area of 1.01um. Nominal Dose of 40a/A^2 and a dose rate of 4.87 e-/s/pixel. 2 or 5 exposures per hole by image shift.
Image recording
Film or detector model: GATAN K2 SUMMIT (4k x 4k) / Detector mode: SUPER-RESOLUTION / Digitization - Frames/image: 1-40 / Number grids imaged: 2 / Number real images: 5004 / Average exposure time: 7.0 sec. / Average electron dose: 40.0 e/Å2
Electron beam
Acceleration voltage: 300 kV / Electron source: FIELD EMISSION GUN
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