Homo-oligomerization of ALS2 through its unique carboxyl-terminal regions is essential for the ALS2-associated Rab5 guanine nucleotide exchange activity and its regulatory function on endosome trafficking.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Ryota KunitaJoh-E Ikeda

Abstract

Mutations in the ALS2 gene have been known to account for a juvenile recessive form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS2), a rare juvenile recessive form of primary lateral sclerosis, and a form of hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP), indicating that the ALS2 protein is essential for the maintenance of motor neurons. Recently, we have demonstrated that the ALS2 protein specifically binds to the small GTPase Rab5 and acts as a GEF (guanine nucleotide exchange factor) for Rab5. We have also shown that its Rab5GEF-requisite domain resides within the C-terminal 640-amino acid region spanning membrane occupation and recognition nexus motifs and the vacuolar protein sorting 9 domain. Transiently expressed ALS2 localized onto early endosomal compartments and stimulated endosome fusions in neuronal and non-neuronal cells in an Rab5GEF activity-dependent manner. These results indicate that the C-terminal region of ALS2 plays a crucial role in endosomal dynamics by its Rab5GEF activity. Here we delineate a molecular feature of the ALS2-associated function through the C-terminal region-mediated homo-oligomerization. A yeast two-hybrid screen for interacting proteins with the ALS2 C-terminal portion identified ALS2 itself. ALS2 forms a h...Continue Reading

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