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  • Title: Crystal Structure of a Heterotetrameric Katanin p60:p80 Complex.
    Author: Faltova L, Jiang K, Frey D, Wu Y, Capitani G, Prota AE, Akhmanova A, Steinmetz MO, Kammerer RA.
    Journal: Structure; 2019 Sep 03; 27(9):1375-1383.e3. PubMed ID: 31353241.
    Abstract:
    Katanin is a microtubule-severing enzyme that is crucial for many cellular processes. Katanin consists of two subunits, p60 and p80, that form a stable complex. The interaction between subunits is mediated by the p60 N-terminal microtubule-interacting and -trafficking domain (p60-MIT) and the p80 C-terminal domain (p80-CTD). Here, we performed a biophysical characterization of the mouse p60-MIT:p80-CTD heterodimer and show that this complex can assemble into heterotetramers. We identified two mutations that enhance heterotetramer formation and determined the X-ray crystal structure of this mutant complex. The structure revealed a domain-swapped heterotetramer consisting of two p60-MIT:p80-CTD heterodimers. Structure-based sequence alignments suggest that heterotetramerization of katanin might be a common feature of various species. Furthermore, we show that enhanced heterotetramerization of katanin impairs its microtubule end-binding properties and increases the enzyme's microtubule lattice binding and severing activities. Therefore, our findings suggest the existence of different katanin oligomers that possess distinct functional properties.
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