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JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY
卷 210, 期 6, 页码 961-972出版社
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201502078
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- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2014M550713]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81322023, 31225006]
- National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) [2013CB911103, 2014CB542802, 2012CB910302]
- International Early Career Scientist grant from Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Homotypic membrane fusion of the endoplasmic reticulum is mediated by dynamin-like guanosine triphosphatases (GTPases), which include atlastin (ATL) in metazoans and Sey1p in yeast. In this paper, we determined the crystal structures of the cytosolic domain of Sey1p derived from Candida albicans. The structures reveal a stalk-like, helical bundle domain following the GTPase, which represents a previously unidentified configuration of the dynamin superfamily. This domain is significantly longer than that of ATL and critical for fusion. Sey1p forms a side-by-side dimer in complex with GMP-PNP or GDP/AlF4- but is monomeric with GDP. Surprisingly, Sey1p could mediate fusion without GTP hydrolysis, even though fusion was much more efficient with GTP. Sey1p was able to replace ATL in mammalian cells, and the punctate localization of Sey1p was dependent on its GTPase activity. Despite the common function of fusogenic GTPases, our results reveal unique features of Sey1p.
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