The WAVE regulatory complex (WRC, SCAR complex) is a five-subunit protein complex in the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASP) family involved in the formation of the actin cytoskeleton through interaction with the Arp2/3 complex. The holocomplex comprises WAVE1 (also known as WASF1), CYFIP1, ABI2, Nap1 and HSPC300 in its canonical form, or orthologues of these.[1]
Composition
editThe proteins within the WRC form a CYFIP1-Nap1 heterodimer and a WAVE1-Abi2-HSPC300 heterotrimer,[1][2] and following interaction with Rac1, the holocomplex has been observed in a CYFIP1-Nap1-Abi2 heterotrimer subcomplex and an active WAVE1-HSPC300 heterodimer subcomplex.[3]
Function
editWRC recruitment to the sites of actin nucleation events at the cell periphery is mediated by the binding of a number of ligands containing a conserved WRC interacting receptor sequence (WIRS) which binds to a conserved location shared across the surfaces of Abi2 and CYFIP1.[4] The WRC is activated by interaction with the Rac1 (via the CYFIP1 component of the complex) and Arf small GTPases[1] (such as ARF1, ARF5, and ARF6[5] ) or the similar protein ARL1,[2] which causes dissociation of the CYFIP1-Nap1-Abi2 heterotrimer at the membrane periphery.[3] This allows the V domain of the WAVE1 component to interact with the actin monomers while its CA domain interacts with the Arp2/3 complex, allowing the Arp2/3 complex to act as a nucleation core for the branching and extension of actin filaments.
References
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- ^ a b Koronakis V, Hume PJ, Humphreys D, Liu T, Hørning O, Jensen ON, McGhie EJ (August 2011). "WAVE regulatory complex activation by cooperating GTPases Arf and Rac1". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 108 (35): 14449–54. Bibcode:2011PNAS..10814449K. doi:10.1073/pnas.1107666108. PMC 3167530. PMID 21844371.
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- ^ Chen B, Brinkmann K, Chen Z, Pak CW, Liao Y, Shi S, Henry L, Grishin NV, Bogdan S, Rosen MK (January 2014). "The WAVE regulatory complex links diverse receptors to the actin cytoskeleton". Cell. 156 (1–2): 195–207. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2013.11.048. PMC 4059610. PMID 24439376.
- ^ Humphreys D, Davidson AC, Hume PJ, Makin LE, Koronakis V (October 2013). "Arf6 coordinates actin assembly through the WAVE complex, a mechanism usurped by Salmonella to invade host cells". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 110 (42): 16880–5. Bibcode:2013PNAS..11016880H. doi:10.1073/pnas.1311680110. PMC 3801044. PMID 24085844.
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