Structure of the WD40 domain of SCAP from fission yeast reveals the molecular basis for SREBP recognition.

TitleStructure of the WD40 domain of SCAP from fission yeast reveals the molecular basis for SREBP recognition.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsGong, X, Li, J, Shao, W, Wu, J, Qian, H, Ren, R, Espenshade, P, Yan, N
JournalCell Res
Volume25
Issue4
Pagination401-11
Date Published2015 Apr
ISSN1748-7838
KeywordsAnimals, CHO Cells, Cricetinae, Cricetulus, Crystallography, X-Ray, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Golgi Apparatus, Microfilament Proteins, Multiprotein Complexes, Protein Binding, Protein Conformation, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Schizosaccharomyces, Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins, Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Proteins, Sterols
Abstract

<p>The sterol regulatory element-binding protein (SREBP) and SREBP cleavage-activating protein (SCAP) are central players in the SREBP pathway, which control the cellular lipid homeostasis. SCAP binds to SREBP through their carboxyl (C) domains and escorts SREBP from the endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi upon sterol depletion. A conserved pathway, with the homologues of SREBP and SCAP being Sre1 and Scp1, was identified in fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Here we report the in vitro reconstitution of the complex between the C domains of Sre1 and Scp1 as well as the crystal structure of the WD40 domain of Scp1 at 2.1 Å resolution. The structure reveals an eight-bladed β-propeller that exhibits several distinctive features from a canonical WD40 repeat domain. Structural and biochemical characterization led to the identification of two Scp1 elements that are involved in Sre1 recognition, an Arg/Lys-enriched surface patch on the top face of the WD40 propeller and a 30-residue C-terminal tail. The structural and biochemical findings were corroborated by in vivo examinations. These studies serve as a framework for the mechanistic understanding and further functional characterization of the SREBP and SCAP proteins in fission yeast and higher organisms.</p>

DOI10.1038/cr.2015.32
Alternate JournalCell Res
PubMed ID25771684
PubMed Central IDPMC4387560
Grant ListR01 HL077588 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
HL077558 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
/ / Howard Hughes Medical Institute / United States