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CELL
Volume 177, Issue 3, Pages 711-+Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.02.044
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- NIH [R01GM094314, U01GM107623]
- Welch Foundation [I-1797]
- HHMI-Simons Foundation
- Packard Foundation
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Yeast ataxin-2, also known as Pbp1, senses the activity state of mitochondria to regulate TORC1. A domain of Pbp1 required to adapt cells to mitochondria activity is of low sequence complexity. The low-complexity (LC) domain of Pbp1 forms labile, cross-beta polymers that facilitate phase transition of the protein into liquid-like or gel-like states. Phase transition for other LC domains is reliant upon widely distributed aromatic amino acids. In place of tyrosine or phenylalanine residues prototypically used for phase separation, Pbp1 contains 24 similarly disposed methionine residues. Here, we show that the Pbp1 methionine residues are sensitive to hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)-mediated oxidation in vitro and in living cells. Methionine oxidation melts Pbp1 liquid-like droplets in a manner reversed by methionine sulfoxide reductase enzymes. These observations explain how reversible formation of labile polymers by the Pbp1 LC domain enables the protein to function as a sensor of cellular redox state.
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