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Autoinhibition of ankyrin-B/G membrane target bindings by intrinsically disordered segments from the tail regions

  1. Keyu Chen
  2. Jianchao Li
  3. Chao Wang
  4. Zhiyi Wei
  5. Mingjie Zhang  Is a corresponding author
  1. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
  2. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China
  3. University of Science and Technology of China, China
  4. South University of Science and Technology of China, China
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.29150
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  1. Keyu Chen
  2. Jianchao Li
  3. Chao Wang
  4. Zhiyi Wei
  5. Mingjie Zhang
(2017)
Autoinhibition of ankyrin-B/G membrane target bindings by intrinsically disordered segments from the tail regions
eLife 6:e29150.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.29150
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Abstract

Ankyrins together with their spectrin partners are the master organizers of micron-scale membrane domains in diverse tissues. The 24 ankyrin (ANK) repeats of ankyrins bind to numerous membrane proteins, linking them to spectrin-based cytoskeletons at specific membrane microdomains. The accessibility of the target binding groove of ANK repeats must be regulated to achieve spatially defined functions of ankyrins/target complexes in different tissues, though little is known in this regard. Here we systemically investigated the autoinhibition mechanism of ankyrin-B/G by combined biochemical, biophysical and structural biology approaches. We discovered that the entire ANK repeats are inhibited by combinatorial and quasi-independent bindings of multiple disordered segments located in the ankyrin-B/G linkers and tails, suggesting a mechanistic basis for differential regulations of membrane target bindings by ankyrins. In addition to elucidating the autoinhibition mechanisms of ankyrins, our study may also shed light on regulations on target bindings by other long repeat-containing proteins.

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  1. Keyu Chen

    Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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  2. Jianchao Li

    Division of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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  3. Chao Wang

    School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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  4. Zhiyi Wei

    Department of Biology, South University of Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen, China
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  5. Mingjie Zhang

    Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (663812)

  • Mingjie Zhang

Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (2014CB910204)

  • Mingjie Zhang

Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (664113)

  • Mingjie Zhang

Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (16103614)

  • Mingjie Zhang

Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (AoE-M09-12)

  • Mingjie Zhang

Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (2016YFA0501900)

  • Mingjie Zhang

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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  1. Axel T Brunger, Stanford University Medical Center, United States

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  1. Received: May 31, 2017
  2. Accepted: August 24, 2017
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: August 25, 2017 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: September 20, 2017 (version 2)

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  1. Keyu Chen
  2. Jianchao Li
  3. Chao Wang
  4. Zhiyi Wei
  5. Mingjie Zhang
(2017)
Autoinhibition of ankyrin-B/G membrane target bindings by intrinsically disordered segments from the tail regions
eLife 6:e29150.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.29150

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