Structural and functional characterization of the brain- specific dynamin superfamily member RNF112

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Zhong, Ya-Ting; Huang, Li-Li; Li, Kangning; Yang, Bingke; Ye, Xueting; Zhong, Hao-Ran; Yu, Bing; Ma, Menghan; Yuan, Yuerong; Meng, Yang; Pan, Runfeng; Zhang, Haiqing; Shi, Lijun; Wang, Yunyun; Tian, Ruijun; Gao, Song; Bian, Xin
• 署名单位: State Key Lab Oncology South China; Sun Yat Sen University; Nankai University; Southern University of Science & Technology; Southern University of Science & Technology; Nankai University; Sun Yat Sen University; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Institute of Biophysics, CAS
• 刊物名称: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0027-11744
• DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2419449122
• 发表日期: 2025-04-15
• 关键词: ring finger protein; provide insight; gtp hydrolysis; activation mechanism; crystal-structure; mouse model; g-domain; dimerization; fusion; expression

摘要

Most members of the dynamin superfamily of large guanosine triphophatases (GTPases) have an ability to remodel membranes in response to guanosine triphosphate (GTP) hydrolysis. Ring Finger Protein 112 (RNF112) (ZNF179/neurolastin) is a recently identified brain-specific dynamin-like protein possessing a really interesting new gene (RING) finger domain. Despite its essential role as an E3 ligase in neuron development, the architecture of RNF112 and the exact role of its GTPase activity remain unknown. Here, we determined the crystal structure of truncated RNF112 (RNF112T) containing a GTPase domain (GD) and three-helical middle domain (MD) at different nucleotide-loading states. In the nucleotide-free (apo) state, the monomeric RNF112T remained in a unique self-restraint conformation characterized by docking of the proximal end of the MD to a groove in the GD. At the transition state of GTP hydrolysis, the MD was released from the GD and stretched aside to form an intertwined RNF112T homodimer. Engineered RNF112 equipped with the C-terminal elements of ATL1 or the two transmembrane domains of yeast Sac1p relocated to the endoplasmic reticulum and was capable of mediating membrane remodeling. Taken together, our results offer necessary understandings of RNF112 as a dynamin-like large GTPase in its cellular function and provide insights into the functional mechanisms of dynamin superfamily proteins.