The Uso1 globular head interacts with SNAREs to maintain viability even in the absence of the coiled-coil domain

  1. Ignacio Bravo-Plaza
  2. Victor G Tagua
  3. Herbert N Arst Jr
  4. Ana Alonso
  5. Mario Pinar
  6. Begoña Monterroso
  7. Antonio Galindo
  8. Miguel A Peñalva  Is a corresponding author
  1. Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Spain
  2. Universidad de La Laguna, Spain
  3. Imperial College London, United Kingdom
  4. MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, United Kingdom

Abstract

Uso1/p115 and RAB1 tether ER-derived vesicles to the Golgi. Uso1/p115 contains a globular-head-domain (GHD), a coiled-coil (CC) mediating dimerization/tethering and a C-terminal region (CTR) interacting with golgins. Uso1/p115 is recruited to vesicles by RAB1. Genetic studies placed Uso1 paradoxically acting upstream of, or in conjunction with RAB1 (Sapperstein et al., 1996). We selected two missense mutations in uso1 resulting in E6K and G540S in the GHD that rescued lethality of rab1-deficient Aspergillus nidulans. The mutations are phenotypically additive, their combination suppressing the complete absence of RAB1, which emphasizes the key physiological role of the GHD. In living hyphae Uso1 recurs on puncta (60 sec half-life) colocalizing partially with the Golgi markers RAB1, Sed5 and GeaA/Gea1/Gea2, and totally with the retrograde cargo receptor Rer1, consistent with Uso1 dwelling in a very early Golgi compartment from which ER residents reaching the Golgi recycled back to the ER. Localization of Uso1, but not of Uso1E6K/G540S, to puncta is abolished by compromising RAB1 function, indicating that E6K/G540S creates interactions bypassing RAB1. That Uso1 delocalization correlates with a decrease in the number of Gea1 cisternae supports that Uso1-and-Rer1-containing puncta are where the protein exerts its physiological role. In S-tag-coprecipitation experiments Uso1 is an associate of the Sed5/Bos1/Bet1/Sec22 SNARE complex zippering vesicles with the Golgi, with Uso1E6K/G540S showing stronger association. Using purified proteins, we show that Bos1 and Bet1 bind the Uso1 GHD directly. However, Bet1 is a strong E6K/G540S-independent binder, whereas Bos1 is weaker but becomes as strong as Bet1 when the GHD carries E6K/G540S. G540S alone markedly increases GHD binding to Bos1, whereas E6K causes a weaker effect, correlating with their phenotypic contributions. AlphaFold2 predicts that G540S increases binding of the GHD to the Bos1 Habc domain. In contrast, E6K lies in an N-terminal, potentially alpha-helical, region that sensitive genetic tests indicate as required for full Uso1 function. Remarkably, this region is at the end of the GHD basket opposite to the end predicted to interact with Bos1. We show that unlike dimeric full-length and CTR∆ Uso1 proteins, the GHD lacking the CC/CTR dimerization domain, whether originating from bacteria or Aspergillus extracts and irrespective of whether it carries or not E6K/G540S, would appear to be monomeric. With the finding that overexpression of E6K/G540S and wild-type GHD complement uso1∆, our data indicate that the GHD monomer is capable of providing, at least partially, the essential Uso1 functions, and that long-range tethering activity is dispensable. Rather, these findings strongly suggest that the essential role of Uso1 involves the regulation of SNAREs.

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  1. Ignacio Bravo-Plaza

    Department of Cellular and Molecular, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Madrid, Spain
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  2. Victor G Tagua

    Área de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Universidad de La Laguna, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Islas Canarias, Spain
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  3. Herbert N Arst Jr

    Department of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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  4. Ana Alonso

    Department of Cellular and Molecular, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Madrid, Spain
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  5. Mario Pinar

    Department of Cellular and Molecular, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Madrid, Spain
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  6. Begoña Monterroso

    Department of Structural and Chemical Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Madrid, Spain
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  7. Antonio Galindo

    Division of Cell Biology, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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  8. Miguel A Peñalva

    Department of Cellular and Molecular, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Madrid, Spain
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Agencia Estatal de Investigación (predoctoral contract)

  • Ignacio Bravo-Plaza

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  • Miguel A Peñalva

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  1. Ignacio Bravo-Plaza
  2. Victor G Tagua
  3. Herbert N Arst Jr
  4. Ana Alonso
  5. Mario Pinar
  6. Begoña Monterroso
  7. Antonio Galindo
  8. Miguel A Peñalva
(2023)
The Uso1 globular head interacts with SNAREs to maintain viability even in the absence of the coiled-coil domain
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