Structural highlights
Function
ASAP3_HUMAN Promotes cell proliferation.[1] ARF6_HUMAN GTP-binding protein involved in protein trafficking; regulates endocytic recycling and cytoskeleton remodeling. May modulate vesicle budding and uncoating within the Golgi apparatus. Functions as an allosteric activator of the cholera toxin catalytic subunit, an ADP-ribosyltransferase. Involved in the regulation of dendritic spine development (By similarity). Contributes to the regulation of dendritic branching and filopodia extension.[2] [3] [4]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Arfs are small G proteins that have a key role in vesicle trafficking and cytoskeletal remodeling. ArfGAP proteins stimulate Arf intrinsic GTP hydrolysis by a mechanism that is still unresolved. Using a fusion construct we solved the structure of the ArfGAP ASAP3 in complex with Arf6 in the transition state. This structure clarifies the ArfGAP catalytic mechanism and shows a glutamine((Arf6)) and an arginine finger((ASAP3)) as the important catalytic residues. Unexpectedly the structure shows a calcium ion, liganded by both proteins in the complex interface, stabilizing the interaction and orienting the catalytic machinery. Calcium stimulates the GAP activity of ASAPs, but not other members of the ArfGAP family. This type of regulation is unique for GAPs and any other calcium-regulated processes and hints at a crosstalk between Ca(2+) and Arf signaling.
The structure of an Arf-ArfGAP complex reveals a Ca2+ regulatory mechanism.,Ismail SA, Vetter IR, Sot B, Wittinghofer A Cell. 2010 May 28;141(5):812-21. PMID:20510928[5]
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References
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- ↑ D'Souza-Schorey C, Stahl PD. Myristoylation is required for the intracellular localization and endocytic function of ARF6. Exp Cell Res. 1995 Nov;221(1):153-9. PMID:7589240 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/excr.1995.1362
- ↑ Gauthier-Campbell C, Bredt DS, Murphy TH, El-Husseini Ael-D. Regulation of dendritic branching and filopodia formation in hippocampal neurons by specific acylated protein motifs. Mol Biol Cell. 2004 May;15(5):2205-17. Epub 2004 Feb 20. PMID:14978216 doi:10.1091/mbc.E03-07-0493
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- ↑ Ismail SA, Vetter IR, Sot B, Wittinghofer A. The structure of an Arf-ArfGAP complex reveals a Ca2+ regulatory mechanism. Cell. 2010 May 28;141(5):812-21. PMID:20510928 doi:10.1016/j.cell.2010.03.051
