Crystal Structure of Gyp1 TBC domain in complex with Rab33 GTPase bound to GDP and AlF3Crystal Structure of Gyp1 TBC domain in complex with Rab33 GTPase bound to GDP and AlF3

Structural highlights

2g77 is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Mus musculus and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.26Å
Ligands:, , ,
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

GYP1_YEAST Stimulates specifically the GTPase activity of YPT1. Functions on the Golgi as a negative regulator of YPT1.[1]

Evolutionary Conservation

 

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Publication Abstract from PubMed

Rab GTPases regulate membrane trafficking by cycling between inactive (GDP-bound) and active (GTP-bound) conformations. The duration of the active state is limited by GTPase-activating proteins (GAPs), which accelerate the slow intrinsic rate of GTP hydrolysis. Proteins containing TBC (Tre-2, Bub2 and Cdc16) domains are broadly conserved in eukaryotic organisms and function as GAPs for Rab GTPases as well as GTPases that control cytokinesis. An exposed arginine residue is a critical determinant of GAP activity in vitro and in vivo. It has been expected that the catalytic mechanism of TBC domains would parallel that of Ras and Rho family GAPs. Here we report crystallographic, mutational and functional analyses of complexes between Rab GTPases and the TBC domain of Gyp1p. In the crystal structure of a TBC-domain-Rab-GTPase-aluminium fluoride complex, which approximates the transition-state intermediate for GTP hydrolysis, the TBC domain supplies two catalytic residues in trans, an arginine finger analogous to Ras/Rho family GAPs and a glutamine finger that substitutes for the glutamine in the DxxGQ motif of the GTPase. The glutamine from the Rab GTPase does not stabilize the transition state as expected but instead interacts with the TBC domain. Strong conservation of both catalytic fingers indicates that most TBC-domain GAPs may accelerate GTP hydrolysis by a similar dual-finger mechanism.

TBC-domain GAPs for Rab GTPases accelerate GTP hydrolysis by a dual-finger mechanism.,Pan X, Eathiraj S, Munson M, Lambright DG Nature. 2006 Jul 20;442(7100):303-6. PMID:16855591[2]

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See Also

References

  1. Du LL, Novick P. Yeast rab GTPase-activating protein Gyp1p localizes to the Golgi apparatus and is a negative regulator of Ypt1p. Mol Biol Cell. 2001 May;12(5):1215-26. PMID:11359917
  2. Pan X, Eathiraj S, Munson M, Lambright DG. TBC-domain GAPs for Rab GTPases accelerate GTP hydrolysis by a dual-finger mechanism. Nature. 2006 Jul 20;442(7100):303-6. PMID:16855591 doi:10.1038/nature04847

2g77, resolution 2.26Å

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