RRC ID 65023
著者 Okawa F, Hama Y, Zhang S, Morishita H, Yamamoto H, Levine TP, Mizushima N.
タイトル Evolution and insights into the structure and function of the DedA superfamily containing TMEM41B and VMP1.
ジャーナル J Cell Sci
Abstract TMEM41B and VMP1 are endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-localizing multi-spanning membrane proteins required for ER-related cellular processes such as autophagosome formation, lipid droplet homeostasis and lipoprotein secretion in eukaryotes. Both proteins have a VTT domain, which is similar to the DedA domain found in bacterial DedA family proteins. However, the molecular function and structure of the DedA and VTT domains (collectively referred to as DedA domains) and the evolutionary relationships among the DedA domain-containing proteins are largely unknown. Here, we conduct a remote homology search and identify a new clade consisting mainly of bacterial proteins of unknown function that are members of the Pfam family PF06695. Phylogenetic analysis reveals that the TMEM41, VMP1, DedA and PF06695 families form a superfamily with a common origin, which we term the DedA superfamily. Coevolution-based structural prediction suggests that the DedA domain contains two reentrant loops facing each other in the membrane. This topology is biochemically verified by the substituted cysteine accessibility method. The predicted structure is topologically similar to that of the substrate-binding region of Na+-coupled glutamate transporter solute carrier 1 (SLC1) proteins. A potential ion-coupled transport function of the DedA superfamily proteins is discussed. This article has an associated First Person interview with the joint first authors of the paper.
巻・号 134(8)
公開日 2021-4-15
DOI 10.1242/jcs.255877
PII 237813
PMID 33771928
MeSH Bacterial Proteins Endoplasmic Reticulum* / genetics Humans Intracellular Membranes Membrane Proteins* / genetics Phylogeny
IF 4.573
リソース情報
ヒト・動物細胞 HeLa(RCB0007)
遺伝子材料 pMRX-IP-hTMEM41B-3xFLAG (WT) (RDB19621)