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A conserved interaction of the dynein light intermediate chain with dynein-dynactin effectors necessary for processivity.


ABSTRACT: Cytoplasmic dynein is the major minus-end-directed microtubule-based motor in cells. Dynein processivity and cargo selectivity depend on cargo-specific effectors that, while generally unrelated, share the ability to interact with dynein and dynactin to form processive dynein-dynactin-effector complexes. How this is achieved is poorly understood. Here, we identify a conserved region of the dynein Light Intermediate Chain 1 (LIC1) that mediates interactions with unrelated dynein-dynactin effectors. Quantitative binding studies map these interactions to a conserved helix within LIC1 and to N-terminal fragments of Hook1, Hook3, BICD2, and Spindly. A structure of the LIC1 helix bound to the N-terminal Hook domain reveals a conformational change that creates a hydrophobic cleft for binding of the LIC1 helix. The LIC1 helix competitively inhibits processive dynein-dynactin-effector motility in vitro, whereas structure-inspired mutations in this helix impair lysosomal positioning in cells. The results reveal a conserved mechanism of effector interaction with dynein-dynactin necessary for processive motility.

SUBMITTER: Lee IG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5841405 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A conserved interaction of the dynein light intermediate chain with dynein-dynactin effectors necessary for processivity.

Lee In-Gyun IG   Olenick Mara A MA   Boczkowska Malgorzata M   Franzini-Armstrong Clara C   Holzbaur Erika L F ELF   Dominguez Roberto R  

Nature communications 20180307 1


Cytoplasmic dynein is the major minus-end-directed microtubule-based motor in cells. Dynein processivity and cargo selectivity depend on cargo-specific effectors that, while generally unrelated, share the ability to interact with dynein and dynactin to form processive dynein-dynactin-effector complexes. How this is achieved is poorly understood. Here, we identify a conserved region of the dynein Light Intermediate Chain 1 (LIC1) that mediates interactions with unrelated dynein-dynactin effectors  ...[more]

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