CARMIL leading edge localization depends on a non-canonical PH domain and dimerization

Adam Zwolak, Changsong Yang, Elizabeth A. Feeser, E. Michael Ostap, Tatyana Svitkina and Roberto Dominguez ()
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Adam Zwolak: Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 728 Clinical Research Building, 415 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
Changsong Yang: 221 Leidy Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania
Elizabeth A. Feeser: Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 728 Clinical Research Building, 415 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
E. Michael Ostap: Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 728 Clinical Research Building, 415 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
Tatyana Svitkina: 221 Leidy Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania
Roberto Dominguez: Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 728 Clinical Research Building, 415 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA

Nature Communications, 2013, vol. 4, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Abstract CARMIL is an approximately 1,370-amino-acid cytoskeletal scaffold that has crucial roles in cell motility and tissue development through interactions with cytoskeletal effectors and regulation of capping protein at the leading edge. However, the mechanism of CARMIL leading edge localization is unknown. Here we show that CARMIL interacts directly with the plasma membrane through its amino-terminal region. The crystal structure of CARMIL1–668 reveals that this region harbours a non-canonical pleckstrin homology (PH) domain connected to a 16-leucine-rich repeat domain. Lipid binding is mediated by the PH domain, but is further enhanced by a central helical domain. Small-angle X-ray scattering reveals that the helical domain mediates antiparallel dimerization, properly positioning the PH domains for simultaneous membrane interaction. In cells, deletion of the PH domain impairs leading edge localization. The results support a direct membrane-binding mechanism for CARMIL localization at the leading edge, where it regulates cytoskeletal effectors and motility.

Date: 2013
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