title: TBC1D16 is a Rab4A GTPase activating protein that regulates receptor recycling and EGF receptor signaling.
abstract: Rab4A is a master regulator of receptor recycling from endocytic compartments to the plasma membrane. The protein TBC1D16 is up-regulated in melanoma, and TBC1D16-overexpressing melanoma cells are dependent on TBC1D16. We show here that TBC1D16 enhances the intrinsic rate of GTP hydrolysis by Rab4A. TBC1D16 is both cytosolic and membrane associated; the membrane-associated pool colocalizes with transferrin and EGF receptors (EGFRs) and early endosome antigen 1, but not with LAMP1 protein. Expression of two TBC1D16 isoforms, but not the inactive R494A mutant, reduces transferrin receptor recycling but has no effect on transferrin receptor internalization. Expression of TBC1D16 alters GFP-Rab4A membrane localization. In HeLa cells, overexpression of TBC1D16 enhances EGF-stimulated EGFR degradation, concomitant with decreased EGFR levels and signaling. Thus, TBC1D16 is a GTPase activating protein for Rab4A that regulates transferrin receptor recycling and EGFR trafficking and signaling.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
authors.forename: Basem S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Goueli
authors.forename: Marianne Broome
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.forename: Elizabeth C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Finger
authors.forename: Suzanne R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Pfeffer
mesh_terms: D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020690:GTPase-Activating Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D020125:Mutation, Missense; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000502:physiology; D059748:Proteolysis; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020695:rab4 GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D020690:GTPase-Activating Proteins; D020033:Protein Isoforms; C555060:TBC1D16 protein, human; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins; C093846:early endosome antigen 1; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; C512478:EGFR protein, human; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D020695:rab4 GTP-Binding Proteins