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SUBMITTER: Xiao J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2719569 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xiao Junyu J Chen Xiao-Wei XW Davies Brian A BA Saltiel Alan R AR Katzmann David J DJ Xu Zhaohui Z
Molecular biology of the cell 20090528 15
The ESCRT machinery functions in several important eukaryotic cellular processes. The AAA-ATPase Vps4 catalyzes disassembly of the ESCRT-III complex and may regulate membrane deformation and vesicle scission as well. Ist1 was proposed to be a regulator of Vps4, but its mechanism of action was unclear. The crystal structure of the N-terminal domain of Ist1 (Ist1NTD) reveals an ESCRT-III subunit-like fold, implicating Ist1 as a divergent ESCRT-III family member. Ist1NTD specifically binds to the E ...[more]