title: An autoinhibitory mechanism for nonsyntaxin SNARE proteins revealed by the structure of Ykt6p.
abstract: Ykt6p is a nonsyntaxin SNARE implicated in multiple intracellular membrane trafficking steps. Here we present the structure of the NH2-terminal domain of Ykt6p (Ykt6pN, residues 1 to 140). The structure of Ykt6pN differed entirely from that of syntaxin and resembled the overall fold of the actin regulatory protein, profilin. Like some syntaxins, Ykt6p adopted a folded back conformation in which Ykt6pN bound to its COOH-terminal core domain. The NH2-terminal domain plays an important biological role in the function of Ykt6p, which in vitro studies revealed to include influencing the kinetics and proper assembly of SNARE complexes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tochio
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Tsui
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Banfield
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D003285:Contractile Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D016296:Mutagenesis; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D051304:Profilins; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017510:Protein Folding; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D050765:Qa-SNARE Proteins; D050767:Qc-SNARE Proteins; D050683:R-SNARE Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D050600:SNARE Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003285:Contractile Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D051304:Profilins; D050765:Qa-SNARE Proteins; D050767:Qc-SNARE Proteins; D050683:R-SNARE Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C094380:SFT1 protein, S cerevisiae; D050600:SNARE Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C077554:Sed5 protein, S cerevisiae; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins; C107127:YKT6 protein, S cerevisiae