SNX16 Regulates the Recycling of E-Cadherin through a Unique Mechanism of Coordinated Membrane and Cargo Binding.
Xu, J., Zhang, L., Ye, Y., Shan, Y., Wan, C., Wang, J., Pei, D., Shu, X., Liu, J.(2017) Structure 25: 1251-1263.e5
- PubMed: 28712807 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2017.06.015
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
5GW0, 5GW1 - PubMed Abstract: 
E-Cadherin is a major component of adherens junctions on cell surfaces. SNX16 is a unique member of sorting nexins that contains a coiled-coil (CC) domain downstream of the PX domain. We report here that SNX16 regulates the recycling trafficking of E-cadherin. We solved the crystal structure of PX-CC unit of SNX16 and revealed a unique shear shaped homodimer. We identified a novel PI3P binding pocket in SNX16 that consists of both the PX and the CC domains. Surprisingly, we showed that the PPII/α2 loop, which is generally regarded as a membrane insertion loop in PX family proteins, is involved in the E-cadherin binding with SNX16. We then proposed a multivalent membrane binding model for SNX16. Our study postulates a new mechanism for coordinated membrane binding and cargo binding for SNX family proteins in general, and provide novel insights into recycling trafficking of E-cadherin.
Organizational Affiliation: 
State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510530, China.