Structural highlights
Function
AP1G1_MOUSE Subunit of clathrin-associated adaptor protein complex 1 that plays a role in protein sorting in the late-Golgi/trans-Golgi network (TGN) and/or endosomes. The AP complexes mediate both the recruitment of clathrin to membranes and the recognition of sorting signals within the cytosolic tails of transmembrane cargo molecules.
Publication Abstract from PubMed
AP-1 is a clathrin adaptor complex that sorts cargo between the trans-Golgi network and endosomes. AP-1 recruitment to these compartments requires Arf1-GTP. The crystal structure of the tetrameric core of AP-1 in complex with Arf1-GTP, together with biochemical analyses, shows that Arf1 activates cargo binding by unlocking AP-1. Unlocking is driven by two molecules of Arf1 that bridge two copies of AP-1 at two interaction sites. The GTP-dependent switch I and II regions of Arf1 bind to the N terminus of the beta1 subunit of one AP-1 complex, while the back side of Arf1 binds to the central part of the gamma subunit trunk of a second AP-1 complex. A third Arf1 interaction site near the N terminus of the gamma subunit is important for recruitment, but not activation. These observations lead to a model for the recruitment and activation of AP-1 by Arf1.
Structural Basis for Recruitment and Activation of the AP-1 Clathrin Adaptor Complex by Arf1.,Ren X, Farias GG, Canagarajah BJ, Bonifacino JS, Hurley JH Cell. 2013 Feb 14;152(4):755-67. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2012.12.042. PMID:23415225[1]
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References
- ↑ Ren X, Farias GG, Canagarajah BJ, Bonifacino JS, Hurley JH. Structural Basis for Recruitment and Activation of the AP-1 Clathrin Adaptor Complex by Arf1. Cell. 2013 Feb 14;152(4):755-67. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2012.12.042. PMID:23415225 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2012.12.042