1. The dimeric Golgi protein Gorab binds to Sas6 as a monomer to mediate centriole duplication
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Agnieszka Fatalska, Emma Stepinac, Magdalena Richter, Levente Kovacs, Zbigniew Pietras, Martin Puchinger, Gang Dong, Michal Dadlez, and David M Glover
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Gorab ,Sas6 ,centriole duplication ,Rab6 ,Golgi ,Medicine ,Science ,Biology (General) ,QH301-705.5 - Abstract
The duplication and ninefold symmetry of the Drosophila centriole requires that the cartwheel molecule, Sas6, physically associates with Gorab, a trans-Golgi component. How Gorab achieves these disparate associations is unclear. Here, we use hydrogen–deuterium exchange mass spectrometry to define Gorab’s interacting surfaces that mediate its subcellular localization. We identify a core stabilization sequence within Gorab’s C-terminal coiled-coil domain that enables homodimerization, binding to Rab6, and thereby trans-Golgi localization. By contrast, part of the Gorab monomer’s coiled-coil domain undergoes an antiparallel interaction with a segment of the parallel coiled-coil dimer of Sas6. This stable heterotrimeric complex can be visualized by electron microscopy. Mutation of a single leucine residue in Sas6’s Gorab-binding domain generates a Sas6 variant with a sixteenfold reduced binding affinity for Gorab that cannot support centriole duplication. Thus, Gorab dimers at the Golgi exist in equilibrium with Sas6-associated monomers at the centriole to balance Gorab’s dual role.
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- 2021
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