Structural highlights
Function
[AP1G1_MOUSE] Subunit of clathrin-associated adaptor protein complex 1 that plays a role in protein sorting in the late-Golgi/trans-Golgi network (TGN) and/or endosomes. The AP complexes mediate both the recruitment of clathrin to membranes and the recognition of sorting signals within the cytosolic tails of transmembrane cargo molecules.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The AP1 complex is one of a family of heterotetrameric clathrin-adaptor complexes involved in vesicular trafficking between the Golgi and endosomes. The complex has two large subunits, gamma and beta1, which can be divided into trunk, hinge, and appendage domains. The 1.8 A resolution structure of the gamma appendage is presented. The binding site for the known gamma appendage ligand gamma-synergin is mapped through creation of point mutations designed on the basis of the structure. We also show that Eps15, a protein believed to be involved in vesicle formation at the plasma membrane, is also a ligand of gamma appendage and binds to the same site as gamma-synergin. This observation explains the demonstrated brefeldinA (BFA)-sensitive colocalization of Eps15 and AP1 at the Golgi complex.
Gamma-adaptin appendage domain: structure and binding site for Eps15 and gamma-synergin.,Kent HM, McMahon HT, Evans PR, Benmerah A, Owen DJ Structure. 2002 Aug;10(8):1139-48. PMID:12176391[1]
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References
- ↑ Kent HM, McMahon HT, Evans PR, Benmerah A, Owen DJ. Gamma-adaptin appendage domain: structure and binding site for Eps15 and gamma-synergin. Structure. 2002 Aug;10(8):1139-48. PMID:12176391
