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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 278, Issue 19, 16651-16657, May 9, 2003

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Molecular Dissection of GTP Exchange and Hydrolysis within the Ternary Complex of Tubulin Heterodimers and Op18/Stathmin Family Members^*

Kristoffer Brännström, Bo Segerman, and Martin Gullberg

From the Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden

The ubiquitous Op18 and the neural RB3 and SCG10 proteins are members of the oncoprotein18/stathmin family of microtubule regulators. These proteins bind two tubulin heterodimers via two imperfect helical repeats to form a complex of heterodimers aligned head-to-tail. Here we have analyzed GTP exchange and GTP hydrolysis at the exchangeable GTP-binding site (E-site) of tubulin heterodimers in complex with Op18, RB3, or SCG10. These proteins stimulate a low and indistinguishable rate of GTP hydrolysis, and our results show that GTP exchange is blocked at both E-sites of the ternary complex, whereas GTP hydrolysis only occurs at one of the two E-sites. Results from mutational analysis of clusters of hydrophobic residues within the first helical repeat of Op18 suggest that GTP is hydrolyzed at the E-site that is interfaced between the head-to-tail arranged heterodimers, which is consistent with predicted GTPase productive interactions between the two tubulin heterodimers. Our mutational analysis has also indicated that Op18/stathmin family members actively restrain the otherwise potent GTPase productive interactions that are generated by longitudinal interactions within protofilaments. We conclude that tubulin heterodimers in complex with Op18/stathmin family members are subject to allosteric effects that prevent futile cycles of GTP hydrolysis.

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