7o2w
From Proteopedia
Structure of the C9orf72-SMCR8 complex
Structural highlights
DiseaseCI072_HUMAN Progressive non-fluent aphasia;Frontotemporal dementia with motor neuron disease;Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis;Huntington disease-like syndrome due to C9ORF72 expansions;Semantic dementia;Behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia. The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry. In the first intron of the gene, the expansion of a GGGGCC hexanucleotide that can vary from 10 to thousands of repeats, represents the most common genetic cause of both familial and sporadic FTDALS. The hexanucleotide repeat expansion (HRE) is structurally polymorphic and during transcription, is responsible for the formation of RNA and DNA G-quadruplexes resulting in the production of aborted transcripts at the expense of functional transcripts. The accumulation of those aborted transcripts may cause nucleolar stress and indirectly cell death (PubMed:24598541). The expanded GGGGCC repeats are bidirectionally transcribed into repetitive RNA, which forms sense and antisense RNA foci. Remarkably, despite being within a non-coding region, these repetitive RNAs can be translated in every reading frame to form five different dipeptide repeat proteins (DPRs) -- poly-GA, poly-GP, poly-GR, poly-PA and poly-PR -- via a non-canonical mechanism known as repeat-associated non-ATG (RAN) translation. These dipeptide repeat proteins (DPRs) co-aggregate in the characteristic SQSTM1-positive TARDBP negative inclusions found in FTLD/ALS patients with C9orf72 repeat expansion (PubMed:24132570).[1] [2] FunctionCI072_HUMAN 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). In the complex, C9orf72 and SMCR8 probably constitute the catalytic subunits that promote 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 regulator of autophagy initiation by interacting with the ATG1/ULK1 kinase complex and modulating its protein kinase activity (PubMed:27617292). Positively regulates initiation of autophagy by regulating the RAB1A-dependent trafficking of the ATG1/ULK1 kinase complex to the phagophore which leads to autophagosome formation (PubMed:27334615). Acts as a regulator of mTORC1 signaling by promoting phosphorylation of mTORC1 substrates (PubMed:27559131). Plays a role in endosomal trafficking (PubMed:24549040). May be involved in regulating the maturation of phagosomes to lysosomes (By similarity). Regulates actin dynamics in motor neurons by inhibiting the GTP-binding activity of ARF6, leading to ARF6 inactivation (PubMed:27723745). This reduces the activity of the LIMK1 and LIMK2 kinases which are responsible for phosphorylation and inactivation of cofilin, leading to cofilin activation (PubMed:27723745). Positively regulates axon extension and axon growth cone size in spinal motor neurons (PubMed:27723745). Plays a role within the hematopoietic system in restricting inflammation and the development of autoimmunity (By similarity).[UniProtKB:Q6DFW0][3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] Regulates stress granule assembly in response to cellular stress.[11] Does not play a role in regulation of stress granule assembly in response to cellular stress.[12] SMT3_YEAST Not known; suppressor of MIF2 mutations. Publication Abstract from PubMedA major cause of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) spectrum disorder is the hexanucleotide G4C2 repeat expansion in the first intron of the C9orf72 gene. Many underlying mechanisms lead to manifestation of disease that include toxic gain-of-function by repeat G4C2 RNAs, dipeptide repeat proteins, and a reduction of the C9orf72 gene product. The C9orf72 protein interacts with SMCR8 and WDR41 to form a trimeric complex and regulates multiple cellular pathways including autophagy. Here, we report the structure of the C9orf72-SMCR8 complex at 3.8 A resolution using single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM). The structure reveals 2 distinct dimerization interfaces between C9orf72 and SMCR8 that involves an extensive network of interactions. Homology between C9orf72-SMCR8 and Folliculin-Folliculin Interacting Protein 2 (FLCN-FNIP2), a GTPase activating protein (GAP) complex, enabled identification of a key residue within the active site of SMCR8. Further structural analysis suggested that a coiled-coil region within the uDenn domain of SMCR8 could act as an interaction platform for other coiled-coil proteins, and its deletion reduced the interaction of the C9orf72-SMCR8 complex with FIP200 upon starvation. In summary, this study contributes toward our understanding of the biological function of the C9orf72-SMCR8 complex. Structure of the human C9orf72-SMCR8 complex reveals a multivalent protein interaction architecture.,Norpel J, Cavadini S, Schenk AD, Graff-Meyer A, Hess D, Seebacher J, Chao JA, Bhaskar V PLoS Biol. 2021 Jul 23;19(7):e3001344. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001344. , eCollection 2021 Jul. PMID:34297726[13] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See AlsoReferences
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