Molecular dissection of the roles of nucleotide binding and hydrolysis in dynein's AAA domains in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

The motor protein cytoplasmic dynein is responsible for most of the minus-end-directed microtubule traffic within cells. Dynein contains four evolutionarily conserved AAA (ATPase associated with various cellular activities) domains that are thought to bind nucleotide; the role of nucleotide binding...

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Published in:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS 2004-02, Vol.101 (6), p.1491-1495
Main Authors: Reck-Peterson, S.L, Vale, R.D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adenosine triphosphatases
Adenosine Triphosphate - pharmacology
Amino Acid Sequence
Binding sites
Biochemistry
Biological Sciences
Cell separation
Dyneins - chemistry
Dyneins - genetics
Dyneins - metabolism
Genetic mutation
Hydrolysis
Microtubules
Molecular Sequence Data
Molecules
Mutation
Nucleotides
Nucleotides - metabolism
Percentages
Protein Binding
Proteins
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Saccharomyces cerevisiae - metabolism
Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
Yeast extract
Yeasts
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Summary:The motor protein cytoplasmic dynein is responsible for most of the minus-end-directed microtubule traffic within cells. Dynein contains four evolutionarily conserved AAA (ATPase associated with various cellular activities) domains that are thought to bind nucleotide; the role of nucleotide binding and hydrolysis in each of these four AAA domains has constituted an important and unresolved question in understanding dynein's mechanism. Using Saccharomyces cerevisiae cytoplasmic dynein as a model system, we mutagenized residues involved in nucleotide binding or hydrolysis in the four AAA domains and examined the ability of the mutant dyneins to mediate nuclear segregation in vivo and to bind micro-tubules in vitro. Our analysis shows that an AAA1 hydrolysis mutant blocks dynein function, whereas a triple AAA2/3/4 hydrolysis mutant does not, suggesting that nucleotide binding is required at only one site. We also show that nucleotide binding at AAA3, but not hydrolysis, is essential for motor activity in vivo and ATP-induced dissociation of dynein from microtubules, suggesting that this domain acts as a critical allosteric site. In contrast, mutations in AAA2 cause subtle defects in dynein function, whereas mutation in AAA4 produce no obvious defects. These results show that the four conserved dynein AAA domains have distinct functions in dynein's mechanochemical cycle.
ISSN:0027-8424
1091-6490
DOI:10.1073/pnas.2637011100