title: Multi-level regulation of myotubularin-related protein-2 phosphatase activity by myotubularin-related protein-13/set-binding factor-2.
abstract: Mutations in myotubularin-related protein-2 (MTMR2) or MTMR13/set-binding factor-2 (SBF2) genes are responsible for the severe autosomal recessive hereditary neuropathies, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) types 4B1 and 4B2, both characterized by reduced nerve conduction velocities, focally folded myelin sheaths and demyelination. MTMRs form a large family of conserved dual-specific phosphatases with enzymatically active and inactive members. We show that homodimeric active Mtmr2 interacts with homodimeric inactive Sbf2 in a tetrameric complex. This association dramatically increases the enzymatic activity of the complexed Mtmr2 towards phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate and phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate. Mtmr2 and Sbf2 are considerably, but not completely, co-localized in the cellular cytoplasm. On membranes of large vesicles formed under hypo-osmotic conditions, Sbf2 favorably competes with Mtmr2 for binding sites. Our data are consistent with a model suggesting that, at a given cellular location, Mtmr2 phosphatase activity is highly regulated, being high in the Mtmr2/Sbf2 complex, moderate if Mtmr2 is not associated with Sbf2 or functionally blocked by competition through Sbf2 for membrane-binding sites.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cell Biology, Dept. of Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH-Hönggerberg, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Philipp
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: Imre
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: Christiane
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schaffitzel
authors.forename: Kristian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tersar
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Volkmer
authors.forename: Ueli
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Suter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D019556:COS Cells; D002607:Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D020836:Protein Structure, Quaternary; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D054558:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Non-Receptor
chemical_list: D046912:Multiprotein Complexes; C408986:MTMR2 protein, human; C498717:Mtmr2 protein, mouse; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; D054558:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Non-Receptor; C475072:SBF2 protein, human