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Structural basis for membrane binding specificity of the Bin/Amphiphysin/Rvs (BAR) domain of Arfaptin-2 determined by Arl1 GTPase.


ABSTRACT: Membrane-sculpting BAR (Bin/Amphiphysin/Rvs) domains form a crescent-shaped homodimer that can sense and induce membrane curvature through its positively charged concave face. We have recently shown that Arfaptin-2, which was originally identified as a binding partner for the Arf and Rac1 GTPases, binds to Arl1 through its BAR domain and is recruited onto Golgi membranes. There, Arfaptin-2 induces membrane tubules. Here, we report the crystal structure of the Arfaptin-2 BAR homodimer in complex with two Arl1 molecules bound symmetrically to each side, leaving the concave face open for membrane association. The overall structure of the Arl1·Arfaptin-2 BAR complex closely resembles that of the PX-BAR domain of sorting nexin 9, suggesting similar mechanisms underlying BAR domain targeting to specific organellar membranes. The Arl1·Arfaptin-2 BAR structure suggests that one of the two Arl1 molecules competes with Rac1, which binds to the concave face of the Arfaptin-2 BAR homodimer and may hinder its membrane association.

SUBMITTER: Nakamura K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3408144 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Structural basis for membrane binding specificity of the Bin/Amphiphysin/Rvs (BAR) domain of Arfaptin-2 determined by Arl1 GTPase.

Nakamura Kensuke K   Man Zhiqiu Z   Xie Yong Y   Hanai Ayako A   Makyio Hisayoshi H   Kawasaki Masato M   Kato Ryuichi R   Shin Hye-Won HW   Nakayama Kazuhisa K   Wakatsuki Soichi S  

The Journal of biological chemistry 20120607 30


Membrane-sculpting BAR (Bin/Amphiphysin/Rvs) domains form a crescent-shaped homodimer that can sense and induce membrane curvature through its positively charged concave face. We have recently shown that Arfaptin-2, which was originally identified as a binding partner for the Arf and Rac1 GTPases, binds to Arl1 through its BAR domain and is recruited onto Golgi membranes. There, Arfaptin-2 induces membrane tubules. Here, we report the crystal structure of the Arfaptin-2 BAR homodimer in complex  ...[more]

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