TY - JOUR
T1 - Crystal structure of the clathrin adaptor protein 1 core
AU - Heldwein, Ekaterina E.
AU - Macia, Eric
AU - Wang, Jing
AU - Yin, Helen L.
AU - Kirchhausen, Tomas
AU - Harrison, Stephen C.
PY - 2004/9/28
Y1 - 2004/9/28
N2 - The heterotetrameric adaptor proteins (AP complexes) link the outer lattice of clathrin-coated vesicles with membrane-anchored cargo molecules. We report the crystal structure of the core of the AP-1 complex, which functions in the trans-Golgi network (TGN). Packing of complexes in the crystal generates an exceptionally long (1,135-Å) unit-cell axis, but the 6-fold noncrystallographic redundancy yields an excellent map at 4-Å resolution. The AP-1 core comprises N-terminal fragments of the two large chains, β1 and γ, and the intact medium and small chains, μ1 and σ1. Its molecular architecture closely resembles that of the core of AP-2, the plasma-membrane-specific adaptor, for which a structure has been determined. Both structures represent an "inactive" conformation with respect to binding of cargo with a tyrosine-based sorting signal. TGN localization of AP-1 depends on the small GTPase, Arf1, and the phosphoinositide, PI-4-P. We show that directed mutations of residues at a particular corner of the γ chain prevent recruitment to the TGN in cells and diminish PI-4-P-dependent, but not Arf1-dependent, liposome binding in vitro.
AB - The heterotetrameric adaptor proteins (AP complexes) link the outer lattice of clathrin-coated vesicles with membrane-anchored cargo molecules. We report the crystal structure of the core of the AP-1 complex, which functions in the trans-Golgi network (TGN). Packing of complexes in the crystal generates an exceptionally long (1,135-Å) unit-cell axis, but the 6-fold noncrystallographic redundancy yields an excellent map at 4-Å resolution. The AP-1 core comprises N-terminal fragments of the two large chains, β1 and γ, and the intact medium and small chains, μ1 and σ1. Its molecular architecture closely resembles that of the core of AP-2, the plasma-membrane-specific adaptor, for which a structure has been determined. Both structures represent an "inactive" conformation with respect to binding of cargo with a tyrosine-based sorting signal. TGN localization of AP-1 depends on the small GTPase, Arf1, and the phosphoinositide, PI-4-P. We show that directed mutations of residues at a particular corner of the γ chain prevent recruitment to the TGN in cells and diminish PI-4-P-dependent, but not Arf1-dependent, liposome binding in vitro.
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U2 - 10.1073/pnas.0406102101
DO - 10.1073/pnas.0406102101
M3 - Article
C2 - 15377783
AN - SCOPUS:4644230428
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 101
SP - 14108
EP - 14113
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
IS - 39
ER -