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| Functional site class: | MIT domain binding motif |
| Functional site description: | ESCRT (Endosomal sorting complex required for transport) machinery regulates several biological and membrane remodelling processes. These include endosomal sorting, intraluminal vesicle formation (ILV), budding of enveloped viruses (HIV-1), and abscission during cytokinesis. ESCRT complex proteins assist these functions. Many of these proteins have the MIT (microtubule interacting and trafficking) domain, which consists of a three-helix bundle, and it recognises MIM (MIT-Interacting Motifs) docking motifs (Takasu,2005; Guo,2015). Currently, five MIT-MIM interactions (MIM1-5) are known (Skalicky,2012; Guo,2015). MIM1 is an α-helical motif, MIM2 is a proline-rich region with random coil conformation (Kieffer,2008), MIM3-5 adopt helical conformations (Yang,2008; Yang,2012). MIM4 establishes more polar contacts than MIM1 (Solomons,2011). The MIM1 motif present in ESCRT-III subunits regulates the delay of cytokinetic abscission, turnover of the ESCRT-III proteins and endosomal sorting. |
| ELM Description: | MIM1 is a helical motif present at or near the C-terminus of ESCRT-III subunit proteins (CHMP1A, CHMP1B, CHMP2A, IST1, VPS2, DID2) and binds to the groove between α2 and α3 helices of the MIT domain (2V6X; 4U7Y). The core of the MIM1 motif is LxxR[FL]xxL, where x is a non-Pro residue. Charged residues in the flanking regions of the core form electrostatic interactions with the MIT domain. IST1 MIM1 has a conserved Leu353 at +1 position that binds to the hydrophobic pocket on the VPS4 MIT domain (4U7Y). The central residue in the MIM1 docking motif is +4 Arg (IST1 - 356R; DID4 - 224R; CHMP1A - 190R) as it forms salt-bridges/H-bonds with surface residues of the MIT domain. Specifically, +4 Arg forms three, four, and five salt bridge interactions with MIT domains of VPS4 (Asp65 and Glu70), LIP5 (Asp65 and Glu68), and Spartin (Asn28, Asn32, Glu35), respectively. A strictly conserved Leu or Phe follows after the Arg (+4 site). Another Phe at the -3 position of IST1 MIM1 interacts deeply in the hydrophobic pocket formed by Tyr20, Phe24, and Thr84 on the Spartin MIT domain (4U7I). The MIM1 from VPS2/DID4 forms similar hydrophobic and charged interactions. Here, Leu225 (+5 position) from MIM1 gets deeply buried into a hydrophobic pocket on the VPS4 protein. This pocket is formed by Leu37, Leu64, and Phe60 residues of the VPS4 MIT domain (2V6X). In VPS2-VPS4 and CHMP1A-VPS4 complexes, the N-terminus of the MIM1 motif contains D/E. These negatively charged residues are located within two residues upstream from the +1 Leu and form complementary salt bridges to the residues on the MIT domain. Specifically, VPS2-VPS4 interaction involves three salt bridges formed by Asp218 of VPS2 and Lys53, Arg57 of VPS4 MIT domain (2V6X). At the MIM1 C-terminus, a conserved Leu is present at +8 and forms hydrophobic interactions on the surface groove of the MIT domain. Arg/Lys at the +9 position is quite conserved, and in VPS2/DID4 (2V6X), forms a salt bridge with Asp38 on the VPS4 MIT domain. |
| Pattern: | ((F[^P][^P])|([DE].{0,2}))L[^P][^P]R[FL][^P][^P]L[KR]{0,2} |
| Pattern Probability: | 0.0000103 |
| Present in taxon: | Eukaryota |
| Interaction Domain: |
MIT (PF04212)
MIT (microtubule interacting and transport) domain
(Stochiometry: 1 : 1)
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| Acc., Gene-, Name | Start | End | Subsequence | Logic | #Ev. | Organism | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P69771 DID2 DID2_YEAST |
193 | 203 | VNVDDEKEDKLAQRLRALRG | TP | 5 | Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288c | |
| Q7LBR1 CHMP1B CHM1B_HUMAN |
187 | 196 | VASAEQDELSQRLARLRDQV | TP | 5 | Homo sapiens (Human) | |
| Q9HD42 CHMP1A CHM1A_HUMAN |
185 | 195 | ESSVRSQEDQLSRRLAALRN | TP | 7 | Homo sapiens (Human) | |
| P36108 DID4 DID4_YEAST |
220 | 230 | FHGNPDDDLQARLNTLKKQT | TP | 6 | Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288c | |
| P53990 IST1 IST1_HUMAN |
351 | 362 | SEDIDFDDLSRRFEELKKKT | TP | 11 | Homo sapiens (Human) |