bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: July 16, 2024
Abstract
Electron
cryomicroscopy
(cryo-EM)
has
recently
allowed
determination
of
near-atomic
resolution
structures
membrane
proteins
and
protein
complexes
embedded
in
lipid
vesicles.
However,
particle
selection
from
electron
micrographs
these
vesicles
can
be
challenging
due
to
the
strong
signal
contributed
bilayer.
This
challenge
often
requires
iterative
laborious
workflows
generate
a
dataset
high-quality
images
for
subsequent
analysis.
Here
we
present
Vesicle
Picker,
an
open-source
program
built
on
Segment
Anything
model.
Picker
enables
automatic
identification
cryo-EM
with
high
recall
precision.
It
then
exhaustively
selects
all
potential
locations,
either
at
perimeter
or
uniformly
over
surface
projection
vesicle.
The
is
designed
interface
cryoSPARC,
which
performs
both
upstream
micrograph
processing
downstream
single
image
We
demonstrate
Picker’s
utility
by
determining
high-resolution
map
vacuolar-type
ATPase
native
synaptic
(SVs)
identifying
additional
complex
SV
membrane.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
121(50)
Published: Dec. 3, 2024
Vacuolar-type
ATPases
(V-ATPases)
are
membrane-embedded
proton
pumps
that
acidify
intracellular
compartments
in
almost
all
eukaryotic
cells.
Homologous
with
ATP
synthases,
these
multisubunit
enzymes
consist
of
a
soluble
catalytic
V
1
subcomplex
and
proton-translocating
O
subcomplex.
The
subcomplexes
can
undergo
reversible
dissociation
to
regulate
pumping,
reassociation
requiring
the
protein
complex
known
as
RAVE
(regulator
ATPase
vacuoles
endosomes).
In
yeast
Saccharomyces
cerevisiae
,
consists
subunits
Rav1p,
Rav2p,
Skp1p.
We
used
electron
cryomicroscopy
(cryo-EM)
determine
structure
bound
.
structure,
is
an
L-shaped
Rav2p
pointing
toward
membrane
Skp1p
distant
from
both
Only
Rav1p
interacts
binding
region
subunit
A
not
found
corresponding
synthase
subunit.
When
RAVE,
rotational
state
suitable
for
free
complex,
but
it
partially
disrupted,
missing
five
its
16
subunits.
Other
than
conformation
inhibitory
H,
appears
poised
reassembly
ChemPlusChem,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: June 17, 2024
Single
particle
cryo
electron
microscopy
(cryo-EM)
is
now
the
major
method
for
determination
of
integral
membrane
protein
structure.
For
success
a
given
project
type
mimetic
used
extraction
from
native
cell
membrane,
purification
to
homogeneity
and
finally
cryo-grid
vitrification
crucial.
Although
small
molecule
amphiphiles
-
detergents
are
most
widely
mimetic,
specific
tailoring
detergent
structure
single
cryo-EM
rare
demand
effective
not
satisfied.
Here,
we
compare
popular
lauryl
maltose-neopentyl
glycol
(LMNG)
with
novel
neopentyl
glycol-derived
triglucoside-C11
(NDT-C11)
in
its
behavior
as
free
when
bound
two
types
multisubunit
complexes
cyanobacterial
photosystem
I
(PSI)
mammalian
F-ATP
synthase.
We
conclude
that
NDT-C11
has
high
potential
become
very
useful
proteins.
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Nov. 5, 2024
Abstract
Sac1
is
a
conserved
phosphoinositide
phosphatase,
whose
loss-of-function
compromises
cell
and
organism
viability.
Here,
we
employed
acute
auxin-inducible
degradation
to
identify
its
immediate
downstream
effectors
in
human
cells.
Most
of
was
degraded
∼1
h,
paralleled
by
increased
PI(4)P
decreased
cholesterol
the
trans-Golgi
network
(TGN)
during
following
hour,
superseded
Golgi
fragmentation,
impaired
glycosylation,
selective
TGN
proteins
∼4
h.
The
disintegration
resulted
from
deacidification
caused
disassembly
V-ATPase.
Mechanistically,
mediated
membrane
composition
maintained
an
assembly
promoting
conformation
V
0
a2
subunit.
Key
phenotypes
were
recapitulated
differentiated
trophoblasts,
causing
processing
defects
chorionic
gonadotropin,
line
with
intolerance
SACML1
gene.
Collectively,
our
findings
reveal
that
V-ATPase
controlled
via
fuelled
lipid
exchange.
iScience,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
28(1), P. 111515 - 111515
Published: Dec. 1, 2024
The
vacuolar
ATPase
(v-ATPase)
is
essential
for
acidification
of
intracellular
organelles,
including
synaptic
vesicles.
Its
activity
controlled
by
cycles
association
and
dissociation
the
ATP
hydrolysis
(V
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: July 16, 2024
Abstract
Electron
cryomicroscopy
(cryo-EM)
has
recently
allowed
determination
of
near-atomic
resolution
structures
membrane
proteins
and
protein
complexes
embedded
in
lipid
vesicles.
However,
particle
selection
from
electron
micrographs
these
vesicles
can
be
challenging
due
to
the
strong
signal
contributed
bilayer.
This
challenge
often
requires
iterative
laborious
workflows
generate
a
dataset
high-quality
images
for
subsequent
analysis.
Here
we
present
Vesicle
Picker,
an
open-source
program
built
on
Segment
Anything
model.
Picker
enables
automatic
identification
cryo-EM
with
high
recall
precision.
It
then
exhaustively
selects
all
potential
locations,
either
at
perimeter
or
uniformly
over
surface
projection
vesicle.
The
is
designed
interface
cryoSPARC,
which
performs
both
upstream
micrograph
processing
downstream
single
image
We
demonstrate
Picker’s
utility
by
determining
high-resolution
map
vacuolar-type
ATPase
native
synaptic
(SVs)
identifying
additional
complex
SV
membrane.