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Structural basis of defects in the sacsin HEPN domain responsible for autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS).


ABSTRACT: Sacsin is a 520-kDa protein mutated in the early-onset neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disease autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS). The C terminus of the protein contains an HEPN (higher eukaryotes and prokaryotes nucleotide-binding) domain of unknown function. Here, we determined the high-resolution 1.9-Å crystal structure of the HEPN domain from human sacsin. The structure is composed of five parallel ?-helices with a large loop of several short helical segments. Two HEPN protomers assemble as a dimer to form a large positively charged cavity at the dimer interface that binds GTP and other nucleotides. The crystal structure reveals that the ARSACS N4549D mutation disrupts dimerization and protein folding. This study provides novel insights into the oligomerization state of sacsin and functions that are lost in mutations that cause ARSACS.

SUBMITTER: Kozlov G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3121481 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Structural basis of defects in the sacsin HEPN domain responsible for autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS).

Kozlov Guennadi G   Denisov Alexey Y AY   Girard Martine M   Dicaire Marie-Josée MJ   Hamlin Jason J   McPherson Peter S PS   Brais Bernard B   Gehring Kalle K  

The Journal of biological chemistry 20110420 23


Sacsin is a 520-kDa protein mutated in the early-onset neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disease autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS). The C terminus of the protein contains an HEPN (higher eukaryotes and prokaryotes nucleotide-binding) domain of unknown function. Here, we determined the high-resolution 1.9-Å crystal structure of the HEPN domain from human sacsin. The structure is composed of five parallel α-helices with a large loop of several short helical  ...[more]

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