Chloride intracellular channel (CLIC) proteins function as fusogens

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RIV/86652036:_____/24:00601452

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-46301-z" target="_blank" >https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-46301-z</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46301-z" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41467-024-46301-z</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Chloride intracellular channel (CLIC) proteins function as fusogens

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Chloride Intracellular Channel (CLIC) family members uniquely transition between soluble and membrane-associated conformations. Despite decades of extensive functional and structural studies, CLICs' function as ion channels remains debated, rendering our understanding of their physiological role incomplete. Here, we expose the function of CLIC5 as a fusogen. We demonstrate that purified CLIC5 directly interacts with the membrane and induces fusion, as reflected by increased liposomal diameter and lipid and content mixing between liposomes. Moreover, we show that this activity is facilitated by acidic pH, a known trigger for CLICs' transition to a membrane-associated conformation, and that increased exposure of the hydrophobic inter-domain interface is crucial for this process. Finally, mutation of a conserved hydrophobic interfacial residue diminishes the fusogenic activity of CLIC5 in vitro and impairs excretory canal extension in C. elegans in vivo. Together, our results unravel the long-sought physiological role of these enigmatic proteins.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Chloride intracellular channel (CLIC) proteins function as fusogens

Popis výsledku anglicky

Chloride Intracellular Channel (CLIC) family members uniquely transition between soluble and membrane-associated conformations. Despite decades of extensive functional and structural studies, CLICs' function as ion channels remains debated, rendering our understanding of their physiological role incomplete. Here, we expose the function of CLIC5 as a fusogen. We demonstrate that purified CLIC5 directly interacts with the membrane and induces fusion, as reflected by increased liposomal diameter and lipid and content mixing between liposomes. Moreover, we show that this activity is facilitated by acidic pH, a known trigger for CLICs' transition to a membrane-associated conformation, and that increased exposure of the hydrophobic inter-domain interface is crucial for this process. Finally, mutation of a conserved hydrophobic interfacial residue diminishes the fusogenic activity of CLIC5 in vitro and impairs excretory canal extension in C. elegans in vivo. Together, our results unravel the long-sought physiological role of these enigmatic proteins.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10608 - Biochemistry and molecular biology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/ED1.1.00%2F02.0109" target="_blank" >ED1.1.00/02.0109: Biotechnologické a biomedicínské centrum Akademie věd a Univerzity Karlovy</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Nature Communications

ISSN

2041-1723

e-ISSN

2041-1723

Svazek periodika

15

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

14

Strana od-do

2085

Kód UT WoS článku

001271445000026

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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