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Arquitectura molecular y modelo funcional del complejo AP2 endocítico
Brett M Collins1, Airlie J McCoy, Helen M Kent
1Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, Hills Road, United Kingdom.
Cell
|June 28, 2002
Resumen
El complejo AP2 es complejo.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología celular Biología celular.
- Biología molecular La biología molecular.
- La bioquímica es la bioquímica.
Sus antecedentes:
- La proteína adaptadora 2 (AP2) es un complejo adaptador de clatrina heterotetramérico crucial para el tráfico de vesículas.
- AP2 media la endocitosis mediada por clatrina, un proceso clave para la internalización de la carga de la membrana plasmática.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para aclarar la base estructural de la función de AP2 en la endocitosis.
- Comprender la interacción de AP2 con los lípidos y los motivos endocíticos.
Principales métodos:
- Se utilizó la cristalografía de rayos X para determinar la estructura del complejo del núcleo AP2.
- La estructura se resolvió a una resolución de 2.6 A.
- El complejo fue estudiado en presencia de inositolhexakisphosphate, un imitador del polifosfatidilinositol.
Principales resultados:
- Se determinó la estructura del complejo del núcleo AP2 de 200 kDa (tronco alfa, tronco beta2, mu2 y sigma2).
- Se identificaron dos posibles sitios de unión de polifosfatidilinositida en las subunidades alfa y mu2.
- El sitio de unión para los motivos endocíticos de Yxxphi está enterrado, lo que sugiere que se requiere un cambio de conformación para la unión.
Conclusiones:
- Se propone un modelo para el reclutamiento y la activación de AP2 durante la endocitosis.
- La fosforilación del enlazador mu2 puede desencadenar cambios conformacionales necesarios para la unión del motivo Yxxphi.
- Las ideas estructurales avanzan en la comprensión de la regulación de la endocitosis mediada por clatrina.
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