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Eisosome-driven plasma membrane organization is mediated by BAR domains

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Plasma membranes are organized into domains of different protein and lipid composition. Eisosomes are key complexes for yeast plasma membrane organization, containing primarily Pil1 and Lsp1. Here we show that both proteins consist mostly of a banana-shaped BAR domain common to membrane sculpting proteins, most similar to the ones of amphiphysin, arfaptin 2 and endophilin 2. Our data reveal a previously unrecognized family of BAR-domain proteins involved in plasma membrane organization.

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Figure 1: Molecular structure of Lsp1 and Pil1.
Figure 2: Lsp1 and Pil1 belong to the superfamily of BAR domain–containing proteins.
Figure 3: The positively charged patch on the Pil1 concave surface is required for normal Pil1 localization and function.

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We would like to thank P. de Camilli, E. Conti, F. Förster, T. Keil, W. Minor, S. Schuck, S. Suppmann, A. Wlodawer and the MPI-B Crystallization Facility for discussion and help with experiments and the German Research Foundation (N.E.Z. and T.C.W.), Academy of Finland (grant 130750, J.T.H.) and Boehringer Ingelheim fellowships (L.K.) for funding.

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  1. Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Organelle Architecture and Dynamics, Martinsried, Germany

    Natasza E Ziółkowska, Lena Karotki & Michael Rehman

  2. Division of Structural Biology, Oxford Particle Imaging Centre, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Juha T Huiskonen

  3. Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

    Tobias C Walther

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All authors contributed to design and execution of experiments. N.E.Z. produced the protein, grew crystals, solved the structure of Lsp1 and performed the confocal microscopy. N.E.Z. and T.C.W. wrote the manuscript.

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Pil1-GFP R126E in the pil1Δ lsp1Δ strain forms long rods traversing the cytoplasm. Ylr413w-RFPmars is used as a membrane staining marker. z-stack images collected at 0.2-μm distances. (AVI 88 kb)

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Ziółkowska, N., Karotki, L., Rehman, M. et al. Eisosome-driven plasma membrane organization is mediated by BAR domains. Nat Struct Mol Biol 18, 854–856 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsmb.2080

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