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Phosphorylation of conserved phosphoinositide binding pocket regulates sorting nexin membrane targeting.


ABSTRACT: Sorting nexins anchor trafficking machines to membranes by binding phospholipids. The paradigm of the superfamily is sorting nexin 3 (SNX3), which localizes to early endosomes by recognizing phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate (PI3P) to initiate retromer-mediated segregation of cargoes to the trans-Golgi network (TGN). Here we report the solution structure of full length human SNX3, and show that PI3P recognition is accompanied by bilayer insertion of a proximal loop in its extended Phox homology (PX) domain. Phosphoinositide (PIP) binding is completely blocked by cancer-linked phosphorylation of a conserved serine beside the stereospecific PI3P pocket. This "PIP-stop" releases endosomal SNX3 to the cytosol, and reveals how protein kinases control membrane assemblies. It constitutes a widespread regulatory element found across the PX superfamily and throughout evolution including of fungi and plants. This illuminates the mechanism of a biological switch whereby structured PIP sites are phosphorylated to liberate protein machines from organelle surfaces.

SUBMITTER: Lenoir M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5843628 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Phosphorylation of conserved phosphoinositide binding pocket regulates sorting nexin membrane targeting.

Lenoir Marc M   Ustunel Cansel C   Rajesh Sandya S   Kaur Jaswant J   Moreau Dimitri D   Gruenberg Jean J   Overduin Michael M  

Nature communications 20180308 1


Sorting nexins anchor trafficking machines to membranes by binding phospholipids. The paradigm of the superfamily is sorting nexin 3 (SNX3), which localizes to early endosomes by recognizing phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate (PI3P) to initiate retromer-mediated segregation of cargoes to the trans-Golgi network (TGN). Here we report the solution structure of full length human SNX3, and show that PI3P recognition is accompanied by bilayer insertion of a proximal loop in its extended Phox homology (  ...[more]

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