1yzn | pdb_00001yzn
GppNHp-Bound Ypt1p GTPase
Structural highlights
Function[YPT1_YEAST] Involved in the trafficking of secretory vesicles from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to the Golgi. Regulates correct targeting and tethering of vesicles to target membranes by catalyzing the selective recruitment of proteins required for tethering and fusion onto membranes. Vesicular transport depends on shuttling of YPT1 between membrane and cytosol by GDI1, probably by recycling it to its membrane of origin after a vesicle fusion event. Required for sorting and transport of proteins from the ER through the Golgi compartment. Also involved in the recycling of membrane proteins.[1] [:][2] [3] [4] [5] Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMedRab GTPases regulate all stages of membrane trafficking, including vesicle budding, cargo sorting, transport, tethering and fusion. In the inactive (GDP-bound) conformation, accessory factors facilitate the targeting of Rab GTPases to intracellular compartments. After nucleotide exchange to the active (GTP-bound) conformation, Rab GTPases interact with functionally diverse effectors including lipid kinases, motor proteins and tethering complexes. How effectors distinguish between homologous Rab GTPases represents an unresolved problem with respect to the specificity of vesicular trafficking. Using a structural proteomic approach, we have determined the specificity and structural basis underlying the interaction of the multivalent effector rabenosyn-5 with the Rab family. The results demonstrate that even the structurally similar effector domains in rabenosyn-5 can achieve highly selective recognition of distinct subsets of Rab GTPases exclusively through interactions with the switch and interswitch regions. The observed specificity is determined at a family-wide level by structural diversity in the active conformation, which governs the spatial disposition of critical conserved recognition determinants, and by a small number of both positive and negative sequence determinants that allow further discrimination between Rab GTPases with similar switch conformations. Structural basis of family-wide Rab GTPase recognition by rabenosyn-5.,Eathiraj S, Pan X, Ritacco C, Lambright DG Nature. 2005 Jul 21;436(7049):415-9. PMID:16034420[6] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See AlsoReferences
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