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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 287, Issue 30, Pages 25478-25489Publisher
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DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.365783
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- Targeted Proteins Research Program
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan
- Japan Society for Promotion of Science
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [23570162, 22390013, 10J03618] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Membrane-sculpting BAR (Bin/Amphiphysin/Rvs) domains form a crescent-shaped homodimer that can sense and induce membrane curvature through its positively charged concave face. We have recently shown that Arfaptin-2, which was originally identified as a binding partner for the Arf and Rac1 GTPases, binds to Arl1 through its BAR domain and is recruited onto Golgi membranes. There, Arfaptin-2 induces membrane tubules. Here, we report the crystal structure of the Arfaptin-2 BAR homodimer in complex with two Arl1 molecules bound symmetrically to each side, leaving the concave face open for membrane association. The overall structure of the Arl1.Arfaptin-2 BAR complex closely resembles that of the PX-BAR domain of sorting nexin 9, suggesting similar mechanisms underlying BAR domain targeting to specific organellar membranes. The Arl1.Arfaptin-2 BAR structure suggests that one of the two Arl1 molecules competes with Rac1, which binds to the concave face of the Arfaptin-2 BAR homodimer and may hinder its membrane association.
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