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ArticleThe EMBO journal2007

The dynamin middle domain is critical for tetramerization and higher-order self-assembly.

Rajesh Ramachandran, Mark Surka, Joshua S Chappie, Douglas M Fowler, Ted R Foss, Byeong Doo Song, Sandra L Schmid

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Article in The EMBO journal, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 108 papers.

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108citing papers in PubMed
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108 citing papers in PubMed, 167 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rajesh RamachandranDepartment of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Mark Surka
Joshua S Chappie
Douglas M Fowler
Ted R Foss
Byeong Doo Song
Sandra L Schmid
Scripps Research Institute · US

Funding

EARLY STEPS IN RECEPTOR-MEDIATED ENDOCYTOSISR01GM042455 · NIGMS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI METTLEN, MARCEL BERNARD · 1989 to 2020
$8.2M
Inhibitors of Dynamin as Novel Anti-Cancer TherapeuticsR21CA104046 · NCI · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI SCHMID, SANDRA L. · 2004 to 2005
$338k
NCI NIH HHS R21 CA104046NCI NIH HHS R21.CA104046NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM042455NIGMS NIH HHS R01.GM42455
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The large multidomain GTPase dynamin self-assembles around the necks of deeply invaginated coated pits at the plasma membrane and catalyzes vesicle scission by mechanisms that are not yet completely understood. Although a structural role for the 'middle' domain in dynamin function has been suggested, it has not been experimentally established. Furthermore, it is not clear whether this putative function pertains to dynamin structure in the unassembled state or to its higher-order self-assembly or both. Here, we demonstrate that two mutations in this domain, R361S and R399A, disrupt the tetrameric structure of dynamin in the unassembled state and impair its ability to stably bind to and nucleate higher-order self-assembly on membranes. Consequently, these mutations also impair dynamin's assembly-dependent stimulated GTPase activity.

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Protein Structure, QuaternaryAnimalsCells, CulturedDimerizationDynamin IGTP PhosphohydrolasesHumansPoint MutationPolymersProtein BindingProtein Structure, TertiaryDynamin IGTP PhosphohydrolasesPolymers

Identifiers

PMID17170701
PMCPMC1783472
OpenAlexW2128641020

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