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| Title | Human GATOR2 complex - apo state | ||||||||||||||||||
Map data | Consensus Map. C2-symmetric | ||||||||||||||||||
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Keywords | Signaling protein / nutrient sensor / mTORC1 pathway | ||||||||||||||||||
| Biological species | Homo sapiens (human) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Method | single particle reconstruction / cryo EM / Resolution: 3.47 Å | ||||||||||||||||||
Authors | Wranik M / Rogala KB | ||||||||||||||||||
| Funding support | United States, 5 items
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Citation | Journal: Nature / Year: 2025Title: Structural basis for the dynamic regulation of mTORC1 by amino acids. Authors: Max L Valenstein / Maximilian Wranik / Pranav V Lalgudi / Karen Y Linde-Garelli / Yuri Choi / Raghu R Chivukula / David M Sabatini / Kacper B Rogala / ![]() Abstract: The mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) anchors a conserved signalling pathway that regulates growth in response to nutrient availability. Amino acids activate mTORC1 through the Rag ...The mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) anchors a conserved signalling pathway that regulates growth in response to nutrient availability. Amino acids activate mTORC1 through the Rag GTPases, which are regulated by GATOR, a supercomplex consisting of GATOR1, KICSTOR and the nutrient-sensing hub GATOR2 (refs. ). GATOR2 forms an octagonal cage, with its distinct WD40 domain β-propellers interacting with GATOR1 and the leucine sensors Sestrin1 and Sestrin2 (SESN1 and SESN2) and the arginine sensor CASTOR1 (ref. ). The mechanisms through which these sensors regulate GATOR2 and how they detach from it upon binding their cognate amino acids remain unknown. Here, using cryo-electron microscopy, we determined the structures of a stabilized GATOR2 bound to either Sestrin2 or CASTOR1. The sensors occupy distinct and non-overlapping binding sites, disruption of which selectively impairs the ability of mTORC1 to sense individual amino acids. We also resolved the apo (leucine-free) structure of Sestrin2 and characterized the amino acid-induced structural rearrangements within Sestrin2 and CASTOR1 that trigger their dissociation from GATOR2. Binding of either sensor restricts the dynamic WDR24 β-propeller of GATOR2, a domain essential for nutrient-dependent mTORC1 activation. These findings reveal the allosteric mechanisms that convey amino acid sufficiency to GATOR2 and the ensuing structural changes that lead to mTORC1 activation. | ||||||||||||||||||
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-Related structure data
| Related structure data | ![]() 9dx0MC ![]() 9dx1C ![]() 9dx2C C: citing same article ( M: atomic model generated by this map |
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| EMDB pages | EMDB (EBI/PDBe) / EMDataResource |
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Map
| File | Download / File: emd_47276.map.gz / Format: CCP4 / Size: 421.9 MB / Type: IMAGE STORED AS FLOATING POINT NUMBER (4 BYTES) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Annotation | Consensus Map. C2-symmetric | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Projections & slices | Image control
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| Voxel size | X=Y=Z: 0.8697 Å | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Symmetry | Space group: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Details | EMDB XML:
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-Supplemental data
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+Additional map: Composite Map. Half Map 1
+Additional map: Local Map 1. Sharpened
+Additional map: Local Map 2. Sharpened
+Additional map: Local Map 2. Half Map 2
+Additional map: Local Map 3. Half Map 2
+Additional map: Local Map 3. Sharpened
+Additional map: Local Map 3. Half Map 1
+Additional map: Local Map 3. Unsharpened
+Additional map: Local Map 4. Sharpened
+Additional map: Local Map 4. Unsharpened
+Additional map: Local Map 4. Half Map 2
+Additional map: Composite Map. Half Map 2
+Additional map: Local Map 4. Half Map 1
+Additional map: Local Map 5. Half Map 1
+Additional map: Half Map 5. Unsharpened
+Additional map: Half Map 5. Sharpened
+Additional map: Local Map 5. Half Map 2
+Additional map: Composite Map. Sharpened. C2-symmetric
+Additional map: Composite Map. Unsharpened. C2-symmetric
+Additional map: Local Map 1. Half Map 2
+Additional map: Local Map 1. Half Map 1
+Additional map: Local Map 2. Half Map 1
+Additional map: Local Map 1. Unsharpened
+Additional map: Local Map 2. Unsharpened
+Half map: Consensus Map. Half Map 1
+Half map: Consensus Map. Half Map 2
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Sample components
-Entire : Human GATOR2 Complex - Apo State
| Entire | Name: Human GATOR2 Complex - Apo State |
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-Supramolecule #1: Human GATOR2 Complex - Apo State
| Supramolecule | Name: Human GATOR2 Complex - Apo State / type: complex / ID: 1 / Parent: 0 / Macromolecule list: all |
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| Source (natural) | Organism: Homo sapiens (human) |
| Molecular weight | Theoretical: 1.1 MDa |
-Macromolecule #1: GATOR2 complex protein MIOS
| Macromolecule | Name: GATOR2 complex protein MIOS / type: protein_or_peptide / ID: 1 / Number of copies: 2 / Enantiomer: LEVO |
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| Source (natural) | Organism: Homo sapiens (human) |
| Molecular weight | Theoretical: 125.920211 KDa |
| Recombinant expression | Organism: Homo sapiens (human) |
| Sequence | String: TKPDILWAPH HVDRFVVCDS ELSLYHVEST VNSELKAGSL RLSEDSAATL LSINSDTPYM KCVAWYLNYD PECLLAVGEA NGRVVLTSL GQDHNSKFKD LIGKEFVPKH ARQCNTLAWN PLDSDWLAAG LDKHRADFSV LIWDICVTKP LYELGQNDAC L SLCWLPRD ...String: TKPDILWAPH HVDRFVVCDS ELSLYHVEST VNSELKAGSL RLSEDSAATL LSINSDTPYM KCVAWYLNYD PECLLAVGEA NGRVVLTSL GQDHNSKFKD LIGKEFVPKH ARQCNTLAWN PLDSDWLAAG LDKHRADFSV LIWDICVTKP LYELGQNDAC L SLCWLPRD QKLLLAGMHR NLAIFDLRNT SQKMFVNTKA VQGVTVDPYF HDRVASFYEG QVAIWDLRKF EKPVLTLTEQ PK PLTKVAW CPTRTGLLAT LTRDSNIIRL YDMQHTPTPI GDETEPTIIE RSVQPCDNYI ASFAWHPTSQ NRMIVVTPNR TMS DFTVFE RISLAWSPIT SLMWACGRHL YECTEMFVAR SIAADHKDLI HDVSFDFHGR RMATCSSDQS VKVWDKSESG DWHC TASWK THSGSVWRVT WAHPEFGQVL ASCSFDRTAA VWEEIVGESN DKLRGQSHWV KRTTLVDSRT SVTDVKFAPK HMGLM LATC SADGIVRIYE APDVMNLSQW SLQHEISCKL SCSCISWNPS SSRAHSPMIA VGSDDSSPNA MAKVQIFEYN ENTRKY AKA ETLMTVTDPV HDIAFAPNLG RSFHILAIAT KDVRIFTLKP VRKELTSSGG PTKFEIHIVA QFDNHNSQVW RVSWNIT GT VLASSGDDGC VRLWKANYMD NWKCTGILKG NGSPEKDIAT KMRLRALSRY GLDTEQVWRN HILAGNEDPQ LKSLWYTL H FMKQYTEDMD QKSPGNKGSL VYAGIKSIVK SSLGMVESSR HNWSGLDKQS DIQNLNEERI LALQLCGWIK KGTDVDVGP FLNSLVQEGE WERAAAVALF NLDIRRAIQI LNEGASSEKG DLNLNVVAMA LSGYTDEKNS LWREMCSTLR LQLNNPYLCV MFAFLTSET GSYDGVLYEN KVAVRDRVAF ACKFLSDTQL NRYIEKLTNE MKEAGNLEGI LLTGLTKDGV DLMESYVDRT G DVQTASYC MLQGSPLDVL KDERVQYWIE NYRNLLDAWR FWHKRAEFDI HRSKLDPSSK PLAQVFVSCN FCGKSISYKV TS CPGCRKP LPRCALCLIN MGTPVKDKKL AQFNNWFTWC HNCRHGGHAG HMLSWFRDHA ECPVSACTCK CMQLDT |
-Macromolecule #2: GATOR2 complex protein WDR24
| Macromolecule | Name: GATOR2 complex protein WDR24 / type: protein_or_peptide / ID: 2 / Number of copies: 1 / Enantiomer: LEVO |
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| Source (natural) | Organism: Homo sapiens (human) |
| Molecular weight | Theoretical: 102.253469 KDa |
| Recombinant expression | Organism: Homo sapiens (human) |
| Sequence | String: SVLTGRTMHC HLDAPANAIS VCRDAAQVVV AGRSIFKIYA IEEEQFVEKL NLRVGRKPSL NLSCADVVWH QMDENLLATA ATNGVVVTW NLGRPSRNKQ DQLFTEHKRT VNKVCFHPTE AHVLLSGSQD GFMKCFDLRR KDSVSTFSGQ SESVRDVQFS I RDYFTFAS ...String: SVLTGRTMHC HLDAPANAIS VCRDAAQVVV AGRSIFKIYA IEEEQFVEKL NLRVGRKPSL NLSCADVVWH QMDENLLATA ATNGVVVTW NLGRPSRNKQ DQLFTEHKRT VNKVCFHPTE AHVLLSGSQD GFMKCFDLRR KDSVSTFSGQ SESVRDVQFS I RDYFTFAS TFENGNVQLW DIRRPDRCER MFTAHNGPVF CCDWHPEDRG WLATGGRDKM VKVWDMTTHR AKEMHCVQTI AS VARVKWR PECRHHLATC SMMVDHNIYV WDVRRPFVPA AMFEEHRDVT TGIAWRHPHD PSFLLSGSKD SSLCQHLFRD ASQ PVERAN PEGLCYGLFG DLAFAAKESL VFAGLASSAL SVFETEPMFV ARSIAADHKD LIHDVSFDFH GRRMATCSSD QSVK VWDKS ESGDWHCTAS WKTHSGSVWR VTWAHPEFGQ VLASCSFDRT AAVWEEIVGQ SHWVKRTTLV DSRTSVTDVK FAPKH MGLM LATCSADGIV RIYEAPDVMN LSQWSLQHEI SCKLSCSCIS WNPSSSRAHS PMIAVGSDDS SPNAMAKVQI FEYNEN TRK YAKAETLMTV TDPVHDIAFA PNLGRSFHIL AIATKDVRIF TLKPVRKELT SSGGPTKFEI HIVAQFDNHN SQVWRVS WN ITGTVLASSG DDGCVRLWKA NYMDNWKCTG ILKGGMRWFV DTAERYALAG RPLAELCDHN AKVARELGRN QVAQTWTM L RIIYCSPFSL LSVSHALYDS RLPPDFFGVL VRDMLHFYAE QGDVQMAVSV LIVLGERVRK DIDEQTQEHW YTSYIDLLQ RFRLWNVSNE VVKLSTSRAV SCLNQASTTL HVNCSHCKRP MSSRGWVCDR CHRCASMCAV CHHVVKGLFV WCQGCSHGGH LQHIMKWLE GSSHCPAGCG HLCEYS |
-Macromolecule #3: Protein SEC13 homolog
| Macromolecule | Name: Protein SEC13 homolog / type: protein_or_peptide / ID: 3 / Number of copies: 1 / Enantiomer: LEVO |
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| Source (natural) | Organism: Homo sapiens (human) |
| Molecular weight | Theoretical: 70.445391 KDa |
| Recombinant expression | Organism: Homo sapiens (human) |
| Sequence | String: ARVTTAYGSY QDANIPFPRT SGARFCGAGY LVYFTRPMTM HRAVSPTEPT PRSLSALSAY HTSKREGSDS GNRQIKAAGK VIIQDGSGS GMVSVINTVD TSHEDMIHDA QMDYYGTRLA TCSSDRSVKI FDVRNGGQIL IADLRGHEGP VWQVAWAHPM Y GNILASCS ...String: ARVTTAYGSY QDANIPFPRT SGARFCGAGY LVYFTRPMTM HRAVSPTEPT PRSLSALSAY HTSKREGSDS GNRQIKAAGK VIIQDGSGS GMVSVINTVD TSHEDMIHDA QMDYYGTRLA TCSSDRSVKI FDVRNGGQIL IADLRGHEGP VWQVAWAHPM Y GNILASCS YDRKVIIWRE ENGTWEKSHE HAGHDSSVNS VCWAPHDYGL ILACGSSDGA ISLLTYTGEG QWEVKKINNA HT IGCNAVS WAPAVVPDHP SGQKPNYIKR FASGGCDNLI KLWKEEEDGQ WKEEQKLEAH SDWVRDVAWA PSIGLPTSTI ASC SQDGRV FIWTCDDASS NTWSPKLLHK FNDVVWHVSW SITANILAVS GGDNKVTLWK ESVDGQWVCI SDIACLLPVH KSLG ELYIL NVNDIQETCQ KNAASALLVG RKDLVQVWSL ATVATDLCLG PKSDPDLETP WARHPFGRQL LESLLAHYCR LRDVQ TLAM LCSVFEAQSD PRERERDQHD KNKRLLDPAN TQQFDDFKKC YGEILYRWGL REKRAEVLKF VSCPPDPHKG IEFGVY CSH CRSEVRGTQC AICKGFTFQC AICHVAVRGS SNFCLTCGHG GHTSHMMEWF RTQEVCPTGC GCHCLLESTF |
-Experimental details
-Structure determination
| Method | cryo EM |
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Processing | single particle reconstruction |
| Aggregation state | particle |
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Sample preparation
| Concentration | 3 mg/mL |
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| Buffer | pH: 7.4 |
| Grid | Model: Quantifoil R1.2/1.3 / Mesh: 300 / Pretreatment - Type: GLOW DISCHARGE |
| Vitrification | Cryogen name: ETHANE |
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Electron microscopy
| Microscope | TFS KRIOS |
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| Image recording | Film or detector model: GATAN K3 BIOQUANTUM (6k x 4k) / Average electron dose: 64.64 e/Å2 |
| Electron beam | Acceleration voltage: 300 kV / Electron source: FIELD EMISSION GUN |
| Electron optics | Illumination mode: FLOOD BEAM / Imaging mode: 4D-STEM / Nominal defocus max: 2.1 µm / Nominal defocus min: 0.5 µm |
| Experimental equipment | ![]() Model: Titan Krios / Image courtesy: FEI Company |
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