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Epsin N-terminal homology domains perform an essential function regulating Cdc42 through binding Cdc42 GTPase-activating proteins.


ABSTRACT: Epsins are endocytic proteins with a structured epsin N-terminal homology (ENTH) domain that binds phosphoinositides and a poorly structured C-terminal region that interacts with ubiquitin and endocytic machinery, including clathrin and endocytic scaffolding proteins. Yeast has two redundant genes encoding epsins, ENT1 and ENT2; deleting both genes is lethal. We demonstrate that the ENTH domain is both necessary and sufficient for viability of ent1Deltaent2Delta cells. Mutational analysis of the ENTH domain revealed a surface patch that is essential for viability and that binds guanine nucleotide triphosphatase-activating proteins for Cdc42, a critical regulator of cell polarity in all eukaryotes. Furthermore, the epsins contribute to regulation of specific Cdc42 signaling pathways in yeast cells. These data support a model in which the epsins function as spatial and temporal coordinators of endocytosis and cell polarity.

SUBMITTER: Aguilar RC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1449656 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Epsin N-terminal homology domains perform an essential function regulating Cdc42 through binding Cdc42 GTPase-activating proteins.

Aguilar Rubén C RC   Longhi Silvia A SA   Shaw Jonathan D JD   Yeh Lan-Yu LY   Kim Sean S   Schön Arne A   Freire Ernesto E   Hsu Ariel A   McCormick William K WK   Watson Hadiya A HA   Wendland Beverly B  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20060306 11


Epsins are endocytic proteins with a structured epsin N-terminal homology (ENTH) domain that binds phosphoinositides and a poorly structured C-terminal region that interacts with ubiquitin and endocytic machinery, including clathrin and endocytic scaffolding proteins. Yeast has two redundant genes encoding epsins, ENT1 and ENT2; deleting both genes is lethal. We demonstrate that the ENTH domain is both necessary and sufficient for viability of ent1Deltaent2Delta cells. Mutational analysis of the  ...[more]

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