| Structural highlights
Function
[VTA1_YEAST] Has a role in the formation of the multivesicular body (MVB). Required for the sorting of lipids to form intralumenal vesicles and for fluid-phase transport to the vacuole. Required for sorting the plasma membrane proteins STE2 and STE3 into the MVB. Acts a cofactor of VSP4, promotes the oligomerization of VPS4 and stimulates its ATPase activity by 6- to 8-fold.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The MVB pathway plays essential roles in several eukaryotic cellular processes. Proper function of the MVB pathway requires reversible membrane association of the ESCRTs, a process catalyzed by Vps4 ATPase. Vta1 regulates the Vps4 activity, but its mechanism of action was poorly understood. We report the high-resolution crystal structures of the Did2- and Vps60-binding N-terminal domain and the Vps4-binding C-terminal domain of S. cerevisiae Vta1. The C-terminal domain also mediates Vta1 dimerization and both subunits are required for its function as a Vps4 regulator. Emerging from our analysis is a mechanism of regulation by Vta1 in which the C-terminal domain stabilizes the ATP-dependent double ring assembly of Vps4. In addition, the MIT motif-containing N-terminal domain, projected by a long disordered linker, allows contact between the Vps4 disassembly machinery and the accessory ESCRT-III proteins. This provides an additional level of regulation and coordination for ESCRT-III assembly and disassembly.
Structural basis of Vta1 function in the multivesicular body sorting pathway.,Xiao J, Xia H, Zhou J, Azmi IF, Davies BA, Katzmann DJ, Xu Z Dev Cell. 2008 Jan;14(1):37-49. PMID:18194651[5]
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References
- ↑ Yeo SC, Xu L, Ren J, Boulton VJ, Wagle MD, Liu C, Ren G, Wong P, Zahn R, Sasajala P, Yang H, Piper RC, Munn AL. Vps20p and Vta1p interact with Vps4p and function in multivesicular body sorting and endosomal transport in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Cell Sci. 2003 Oct 1;116(Pt 19):3957-70. PMID:12953057 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jcs.00751
- ↑ Shiflett SL, Ward DM, Huynh D, Vaughn MB, Simmons JC, Kaplan J. Characterization of Vta1p, a class E Vps protein in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem. 2004 Mar 19;279(12):10982-90. Epub 2003 Dec 29. PMID:14701806 doi:10.1074/jbc.M312669200
- ↑ Azmi I, Davies B, Dimaano C, Payne J, Eckert D, Babst M, Katzmann DJ. Recycling of ESCRTs by the AAA-ATPase Vps4 is regulated by a conserved VSL region in Vta1. J Cell Biol. 2006 Feb 27;172(5):705-17. PMID:16505166 doi:jcb.200508166
- ↑ Lottridge JM, Flannery AR, Vincelli JL, Stevens TH. Vta1p and Vps46p regulate the membrane association and ATPase activity of Vps4p at the yeast multivesicular body. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Apr 18;103(16):6202-7. Epub 2006 Apr 6. PMID:16601096 doi:0601712103
- ↑ Xiao J, Xia H, Zhou J, Azmi IF, Davies BA, Katzmann DJ, Xu Z. Structural basis of Vta1 function in the multivesicular body sorting pathway. Dev Cell. 2008 Jan;14(1):37-49. PMID:18194651 doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2007.10.013
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