The peroxisomal receptor Pex19p forms a helical mPTS recognition domain.

The protein Pex19p functions as a receptor and chaperone of peroxisomal membrane proteins (PMPs). The crystal structure of the folded C-terminal part of the receptor reveals a globular domain that displays a bundle of three long helices in an antiparallel arrangement. Complementary functional experiments, using a range of truncated Pex19p ...
constructs, show that the structured alpha-helical domain binds PMP-targeting signal (mPTS) sequences with about 10 muM affinity. Removal of a conserved N-terminal helical segment from the mPTS recognition domain impairs the ability for mPTS binding, indicating that it forms part of the mPTS-binding site. Pex19p variants with mutations in the same sequence segment abolish correct cargo import. Our data indicate a divided N-terminal and C-terminal structural arrangement in Pex19p, which is reminiscent of a similar division in the Pex5p receptor, to allow separation of cargo-targeting signal recognition and additional functions.
Mesh Terms:
Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Binding Sites, Crystallography, X-Ray, Humans, Membrane Proteins, Models, Molecular, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutation, Peroxisomes, Protein Structure, Secondary, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Sequence Alignment
EMBO J.
Date: Aug. 04, 2010
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