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Lipids as Anchors

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Structural insights into tail-anchored protein binding and membrane insertion by Get3.

Gunes Bozkurt1, Goran Stjepanovic, Fabio Vilardi

  • 1Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center, Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.

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Area of Science:

  • Cell Biology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Biochemistry

Background:

  • Tail-anchored (TA) membrane proteins perform crucial cellular roles.
  • Get3 (TRC40) is the endoplasmic reticulum targeting factor for TA proteins.
  • Get3 comprises ATPase and flexible alpha-helical subdomains.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Elucidate the Get3 mechanism in TA protein targeting.
  • Determine Get3 structure alone and with TA protein Ramp4.
  • Investigate the role of ATP hydrolysis in TA protein insertion.

Main Methods:

  • X-ray crystallography of Get3 and Get3-Ramp4 complex.
  • Amide proton exchange mass spectrometry (APEX-MS).
  • In vitro membrane insertion assays.

Main Results:

  • Get3 forms a dimer with two nucleotide-binding sites and a zinc ion.
  • The alpha-helical subdomain binds TA proteins and is flexible.
  • ATP hydrolysis is not essential for insertion but aids efficiency and receptor release.

Conclusions:

  • Get3 undergoes conformational changes upon TA protein binding.
  • ATP hydrolysis likely facilitates Get3 release from its receptor.
  • Mechanistic insights into post-translational TA protein targeting by Get3 are provided.