title: Clathrin light and heavy chain interface: alpha-helix binding superhelix loops via critical tryptophans.
abstract: Clathrin light chain subunits (LCa and LCb) contribute to regulation of coated vesicle formation to sort proteins during receptor-mediated endocytosis and organelle biogenesis. LC binding to clathrin heavy chain (HC) was characterized by genetic and structural approaches. The core interactions were mapped to HC residues 1267-1522 (out of 1675) and LCb residues 90-157 (out of 228), using yeast two-hybrid assays. The C-termini of both subunits also displayed interactions extending beyond the core domains. Mutations to helix breakers within the LCb core disrupted HC association. Further suppressor mutagenesis uncovered compensatory mutations in HC (K1415E or K1326E) capable of rescuing the binding defects of LCb mutations W127R or W105R plus W138R, thereby pinpointing contacts between HC and LCb. Mutant HC K1415E also rescued loss of binding by LCa W130R, indicating that both LCs interact similarly with HC. Based on circular dichroism data, mapping and mutagenesis, LCa and LCb were represented as alpha-helices, aligned along the HC and, using molecular dynamics, a structural model of their interaction was generated with novel implications for LC control of clathrin assembly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate Group in Biophysics, The G.W.Hooper Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0552, USA.
authors.forename: Chih-Ying
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Michael L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Reese
authors.forename: Peter K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ota
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Agard
authors.forename: Frances M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Brodsky
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry; D017354:Point Mutation; D025941:Protein Interaction Mapping; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D021122:Protein Subunits; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013489:Suppression, Genetic; D014364:Tryptophan / Q000737:chemistry*; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D021122:Protein Subunits; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; C412844:clathrin A; C412845:clathrin B; D014364:Tryptophan