6U3W

Crystal structure of yeast alpha/epsilon-COP of the COPI vesicular coat

Summary for 6U3W

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb6u3w/pdb
• Related: 6TZT 6U3V
• Descriptor: Coatomer subunit alpha, Coatomer subunit epsilon, GLYCEROL, ... (4 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: transport protein
• Biological source: Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c) (Baker's yeast); More
• Total number of polymer chains: 2
• Total formula weight: 69551.80

Authors

Travis, S.M.,Hughson, F.M. (deposition date: 2019-08-22, release date: 2019-11-13, Last modification date: 2023-10-11)

Primary citation

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

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.394 Å)