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Snf7p (sucrose non-fermenting) and Vps20p (vacuolar protein-sorting) are small coil-coiled proteins involved in yeast MVB (multivesicular body) structure, formation and function. In the present study, we report the identification of three human homologues of yeast Snf7p, designated hSnf7-1, hSnf7-2 and hSnf7-3, and a single human Vps20p homologue, designated hVps20, that may have similar roles in humans. Immunofluorescence studies showed that hSnf7-1 and hSnf7-3 localized in large vesicular structures that also co-localized with late endosomal/lysosomal structures induced by overexpressing an ATPase-defective Vps4-A mutant. In contrast, overexpressed hVps20 showed a typical endosomal membrane-staining pattern, and co-expression of hVps20 with Snf7-1 dispersed the large Snf7-staining vesicles. Interestingly, overexpression of both hSnf7 and hVps20 proteins induced a post-endosomal defect in cholesterol sorting. To explore possible protein-protein interactions involving hSnf7 proteins, we used information from yeast genomic studies showing that yeast Snf7p can interact with proteins involved in MVB function. Using a glutathione S-transferase-capture approach with several mammalian homologues of such yeast Snf7p-interacting proteins, we found that all three hSnf7s interacted with mouse AIP1 [ALG-2 (apoptosis-linked gene 2) interacting protein 1], a mammalian Bro1p [BCK1 (bypass of C kinase)-like resistance to osmotic shock]-containing protein involved in cellular vacuolization and apoptosis. Whereas mapping experiments showed that the N-terminus of AIP1 containing both a Bro1 and an alpha-helical domain were required for interaction with hSnf7-1, Snf7-1 did not interact with another human Bro1-containing molecule, rhophilin-2. Co-immunoprecipitation experiments confirmed the in vivo interaction of hSnf7-1 and AIP1. Additional immunofluorescence experiments showed that hSnf7-1 recruited cytosolic AIP1 to the Snf7-induced vacuolar-like structures. Together these results suggest that mammalian Vps20, AIP1 and Snf7 proteins, like their yeast counterparts, play roles in MVB function.
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PMID:Structure and function of human Vps20 and Snf7 proteins. 1458 93

The ALG-2-interacting protein Alix has recently been demonstrated to associate with CHMP4b that is a human homologue of yeast Snf7p (also named Vps32p) and a member of the family of small coiled-coil proteins named CHMP implicated in playing roles in multivesicular body sorting. In addition to the previously isolated cDNAs for two CHMP4 proteins (CHMP4a and CHMP4b), we isolated a cDNA for a new member of the CHMP4 subfamily (designated CHMP4c). Northern blot analyses revealed different expression patterns of the mRNAs for the three CHMP4 isoforms in human tissues. CHMP4b messages were expressed at higher levels in all 12 tissues tested in comparison with the CHMP4a and CHMP4c transcripts, particularly in heart and skeletal muscle. The interaction with Alix was detected for each CHMP4 isoform by co-immunoprecipitation experiments using lysates of HEK293 cells expressing each epitope-tagged CHMP4 protein and Alix fused with green fluorescent protein. Further, using recombinant glutathione S-transferase (GST) fusion protein of truncated Alix (amino acids 1-423) and thioredoxin-tagged CHMP4 proteins, the direct interactions were detected by a GST pull-down assay, where CHMP4b showed a stronger interaction than other CHMP4 isoforms. These results suggest that CHMP4b is a major binding partner of Alix among the three CHMP4 isoforms.
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PMID:CHMP4b is a major binding partner of the ALG-2-interacting protein Alix among the three CHMP4 isoforms. 1467 97