6TZT

Crystal structure of human alpha/epsilon-COP of the COPI vesicular coat bound to alpha-COP STM2

6TZT の概要

• エントリーDOI: 10.2210/pdb6tzt/pdb
• 関連するPDBエントリー: 6U3V 6U3W
• 分子名称: Coatomer subunit epsilon, Coatomer subunit alpha (3 entities in total)
• 機能のキーワード: transport protein
• 由来する生物種: Homo sapiens (Human); 詳細
• タンパク質・核酸の鎖数: 4
• 化学式量合計: 152229.46

構造登録者

Travis, S.M.,Hughson, F.M. (登録日: 2019-08-13, 公開日: 2019-11-13, 最終更新日: 2023-10-11)

主引用文献

Travis, S.M.,Kokona, B.,Fairman, R.,Hughson, F.M.
Roles of singleton tryptophan motifs in COPI coat stability and vesicle tethering.
Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA, 116:24031-24040, 2019

PubMed Abstract: Coat protein I (COPI)-coated vesicles mediate retrograde transport from the Golgi to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), as well as transport within the Golgi. Major progress has been made in defining the structure of COPI coats, in vitro and in vivo, at resolutions as high as 9 Å. Nevertheless, important questions remain unanswered, including what specific interactions stabilize COPI coats, how COPI vesicles recognize their target membranes, and how coat disassembly is coordinated with vesicle fusion and cargo delivery. Here, we use X-ray crystallography to identify a conserved site on the COPI subunit α-COP that binds to flexible, acidic sequences containing a single tryptophan residue. One such sequence, found within α-COP itself, mediates α-COP homo-oligomerization. Another such sequence is contained within the lasso of the ER-resident Dsl1 complex, where it helps mediate the tethering of Golgi-derived COPI vesicles at the ER membrane. Together, our findings suggest that α-COP homo-oligomerization plays a key role in COPI coat stability, with potential implications for the coordination of vesicle tethering, uncoating, and fusion.

PubMed: 31712447
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1909697116

実験手法

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (3.065 Å)