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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2023

Structure of the metazoan Rab7 GEF complex Mon1-Ccz1-Bulli.

Eric Herrmann, Jan-Hannes Schäfer, Stephan Wilmes, Christian Ungermann, Arne Moeller, Daniel Kümmel

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Structural basis for Rab6 activation by the Ric1-Rgp1 complex.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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  15. Regulatory sites in the Mon1-Ccz1 complex control Rab5 to Rab7 transition and endosome maturation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Eric HerrmannDepartment of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0499-0083
Jan-Hannes SchäferDepartment of Biology/Chemistry, Structural Biology section, Osnabrück University, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8163-1629
Stephan WilmesDepartment of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1084-2300
Christian UngermannDepartment of Biology/Chemistry, Biochemistry section, Osnabrück University, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4331-8695
Arne MoellerDepartment of Biology/Chemistry, Structural Biology section, Osnabrück University, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany.
Daniel KümmelDepartment of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Osnabrück University · DEUniversity of Münster · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The endosomal system of eukaryotic cells represents a central sorting and recycling compartment linked to metabolic signaling and the regulation of cell growth. Tightly controlled activation of Rab GTPases is required to establish the different domains of endosomes and lysosomes. In metazoans, Rab7 controls endosomal maturation, autophagy, and lysosomal function. It is activated by the guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) complex Mon1-Ccz1-Bulli (MCBulli) of the tri-longin domain (TLD) family. While the Mon1 and Ccz1 subunits have been shown to constitute the active site of the complex, the role of Bulli remains elusive. We here present the cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) structure of MCBulli at 3.2 Å resolution. Bulli associates as a leg-like extension at the periphery of the Mon1 and Ccz1 heterodimers, consistent with earlier reports that Bulli does not impact the activity of the complex or the interactions with recruiter and substrate GTPases. While MCBulli shows structural homology to the related ciliogenesis and planar cell polarity effector (Fuzzy-Inturned-Wdpcp) complex, the interaction of the TLD core subunits Mon1-Ccz1 and Fuzzy-Inturned with Bulli and Wdpcp, respectively, is remarkably different. The variations in the overall architecture suggest divergent functions of the Bulli and Wdpcp subunits. Based on our structural analysis, Bulli likely serves as a recruitment platform for additional regulators of endolysosomal trafficking to sites of Rab7 activation.

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rab GTP-Binding ProteinsVesicular Transport ProteinsAnimalsCryoelectron MicroscopyEndosomesGuanine Nucleotide Exchange FactorsProtein TransportGuanine Nucleotide Exchange Factorsrab GTP-Binding ProteinsVesicular Transport Proteinscryo-EMendosomal maturationGEFGTPasemembrane trafficking

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PMID37155863
PMCPMC10193976
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