The neuronal calcium sensor NCS-1 regulates the phosphorylation state and activity of the Ga chaperone and GEF Ric-8A
- Institute of Physical-Chemistry Blas Cabrera, Spain
- University of Montana, United States
- University of Zaragoza, Spain
- Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Spain
- Software 4 Science Developments, Spain
- Institute of Physical-Chemistry, Spain
- Institute of Physical Chemistry Blas Cabrera, Spain
Abstract
The Neuronal Calcium Sensor 1, an EF-hand Ca2+ binding protein, and Ric-8A coregulate synapse number and probability of neurotransmitter release. Recently, the structures of Ric-8A bound to Ga have revealed how Ric-8A phosphorylation promotes Ga recognition and activity as a chaperone and guanine nucleotide exchange factor. However, the molecular mechanism by which NCS-1 regulates Ric-8A activity and its interaction with Ga subunits is not well understood. Given the interest in the NCS-1/Ric-8A complex as a therapeutic target in nervous system disorders, it is necessary to shed light on this molecular mechanism of action at atomic level. We have reconstituted NCS-1/Ric-8A complexes to conduct a multimodal approach and determine the sequence of Ca2+ signals and phosphorylation events that promote the interaction of Ric-8A with Ga. Our data show that the binding of NCS-1 and Ga to Ric-8A are mutually exclusive. Importantly, NCS-1 induces a structural rearrangement in Ric-8A that traps the protein in a conformational state that is inaccessible to Casein Kinase II-mediated phosphorylation, demonstrating one aspect of its negative regulation of Ric-8A-mediated G-protein signaling. Functional experiments indicate a loss of Ric-8A GEF activity towards Ga when complexed with NCS-1, and restoration of nucleotide exchange activity upon increasing Ca2+ concentration. Finally, the high-resolution crystallographic data reported here define the NCS-1/Ric-8A interface and will allow the development of therapeutic synapse function regulators with improved activity and selectivity.
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The atomic coordinates and structure factors have been deposited in the Protein Data Bank, https://www.pdb.org/. PDB with codes: Structure 1 (8ALH), Structure 2 (8AHY), Structure 3 (8ALM).All data generated or analysed during this study are included in the manuscript and supporting file; Source Data files have been provided for Figure 2, Figure 3, Figure 4, Figure 5
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Maria Jose Sanchez-Barrena
Funding
Spanish National Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation (PID2019-111737RB-I00)
- Maria Jose Sanchez-Barrena
Spanish National Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation (PID2019-106608RB-I00)
- Alicia Mansilla
Spanish National Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation (PDC2022-133775-I00)
- Alicia Mansilla
Spanish National Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation (RTI2018-099985-B-I00)
- Margarita Menendez
Spanish National Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation (PID2020-113359GA-I00)
- Javier García-Nafría
Spanish National Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation (RYC-2017-22392)
- Alicia Mansilla
Spanish National Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation (RYC2018-025731-I)
- Javier García-Nafría
National Institutes of Health (P30GM140963)
- Stephen Sprang
National Institutes of Health (R01GM105993)
- Stephen Sprang
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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© 2023, Muñoz-Reyes et al.
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The neuronal calcium sensor NCS-1 regulates the phosphorylation state and activity of the Ga chaperone and GEF Ric-8A
eLife 12:e86151.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.86151
