6v4u

From Proteopedia

Cryo-EM structure of SMCR8-C9orf72-WDR41 complex

Structural highlights

6v4u is a 3 chain structure with sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:	Electron Microscopy, Resolution 3.8Å
Resources:	FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

WDR41_HUMAN Non-catalytic component of the C9orf72-SMCR8 complex, a complex that has guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) activity and regulates autophagy (PubMed:27193190, PubMed:27103069, PubMed:27617292, PubMed:28195531). The C9orf72-SMCR8 complex promotes the exchange of GDP to GTP, converting inactive GDP-bound RAB8A and RAB39B into their active GTP-bound form, thereby promoting autophagosome maturation (PubMed:27103069). The C9orf72-SMCR8 complex also acts as a negative regulator of autophagy initiation by interacting with the ATG1/ULK1 kinase complex and inhibiting its protein kinase activity (PubMed:27103069, PubMed:27617292).^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

Publication Abstract from PubMed

Mutation of C9orf72 is the most prevalent defect associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal degeneration(1). Together with hexanucleotide-repeat expansion(2,3), haploinsufficiency of C9orf72 contributes to neuronal dysfunction(4-6). Here we determine the structure of the C9orf72-SMCR8-WDR41 complex by cryo-electron microscopy. C9orf72 and SMCR8 both contain longin and DENN (differentially expressed in normal and neoplastic cells) domains(7), and WDR41 is a beta-propeller protein that binds to SMCR8 such that the whole structure resembles an eye slip hook. Contacts between WDR41 and the DENN domain of SMCR8 drive the lysosomal localization of the complex in conditions of amino acid starvation. The structure suggested that C9orf72-SMCR8 is a GTPase-activating protein (GAP), and we found that C9orf72-SMCR8-WDR41 acts as a GAP for the ARF family of small GTPases. These data shed light on the function of C9orf72 in normal physiology, and in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal degeneration.

Structure of the C9orf72 ARF GAP complex that is haploinsufficient in ALS and FTD.,Su MY, Fromm SA, Zoncu R, Hurley JH Nature. 2020 Aug 26. pii: 10.1038/s41586-020-2633-x. doi:, 10.1038/s41586-020-2633-x. PMID:32848248^[5]

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References

↑ Sellier C, Campanari ML, Julie Corbier C, Gaucherot A, Kolb-Cheynel I, Oulad-Abdelghani M, Ruffenach F, Page A, Ciura S, Kabashi E, Charlet-Berguerand N. Loss of C9ORF72 impairs autophagy and synergizes with polyQ Ataxin-2 to induce motor neuron dysfunction and cell death. EMBO J. 2016 Jun 15;35(12):1276-97. doi: 10.15252/embj.201593350. Epub 2016 Apr, 21. PMID:27103069 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.15252/embj.201593350
↑ Sullivan PM, Zhou X, Robins AM, Paushter DH, Kim D, Smolka MB, Hu F. The ALS/FTLD associated protein C9orf72 associates with SMCR8 and WDR41 to regulate the autophagy-lysosome pathway. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2016 May 18;4(1):51. doi: 10.1186/s40478-016-0324-5. PMID:27193190 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40478-016-0324-5
↑ Yang M, Liang C, Swaminathan K, Herrlinger S, Lai F, Shiekhattar R, Chen JF. A C9ORF72/SMCR8-containing complex regulates ULK1 and plays a dual role in autophagy. Sci Adv. 2016 Sep 2;2(9):e1601167. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1601167. eCollection 2016 , Sep. PMID:27617292 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1601167
↑ Jung J, Nayak A, Schaeffer V, Starzetz T, Kirsch AK, Muller S, Dikic I, Mittelbronn M, Behrends C. Multiplex image-based autophagy RNAi screening identifies SMCR8 as ULK1 kinase activity and gene expression regulator. Elife. 2017 Feb 14;6. doi: 10.7554/eLife.23063. PMID:28195531 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.23063
↑ Su MY, Fromm SA, Zoncu R, Hurley JH. Structure of the C9orf72 ARF GAP complex that is haploinsufficient in ALS and FTD. Nature. 2020 Sep;585(7824):251-255. PMID:32848248 doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2633-x