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Estructura del megacomplejo lisosomal mTORC1-TFEB-Rag-Ragulator
Zhicheng Cui1,2, Gennaro Napolitano3,4, Mariana E G de Araujo5
1Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Nature
|January 25, 2023
Resumen
El factor de transcripción EB (TFEB) controla la función celular a través de mTORC1. Cryo-EM revela un único
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología celular
- Biología molecular
- Biología estructural
Sus antecedentes:
- TFEB es un regulador clave de la biogénesis lisosómica y la autofagia.
- mTORC1 fosforila el TFEB, controlando su actividad.
- El mecanismo único de reclutamiento de mTORC1 de TFEB es distinto de otros sustratos.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para aclarar la base estructural de la contratación de TFEB para mTORC1.
- Comprender el papel de las Rag GTPases y FLCN en la fosforilación de TFEB.
- Investigar el mecanismo de la interacción TFEB-mTORC1.
Principales métodos:
- Microscopía electrónica criogénica (cryo-EM) para determinar la estructura del "megacomplejo".
- Ensayos bioquímicos para analizar las interacciones TFEB-mTORC1.
- Ensayos celulares para evaluar el impacto de las mutaciones en la localización de TFEB y la actividad de mTORC1.
Principales resultados:
- Dos complejos Rag-Ragulator presentan TFEB al mTORC1.
- Un complejo Rag-Regulator no canónico atraca a través de RagC-GDP, uniendo TFEB a través de una abrazadera de aspartato.
- Las mutaciones en la pinza de unión TFEB causan la localización de TFEB nuclear constitutiva.
- La estructura revela las extensas interacciones de TFEB con los componentes de Rag y Raptor.
Conclusiones:
- La estructura megacompleja TFEB-mTORC1 explica la dependencia de FLCN y RagC-GDP.
- El mecanismo vinculante único pone de relieve la regulación distinta de TFEB por mTORC1.
- Comprender esta interacción proporciona información sobre la homeostasis celular y las vías de la enfermedad.
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