Cryo-EM architecture of a near-native stretch-sensitive membrane microdomain

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Kefauver, Jennifer, M | Hakala, Markku | Zou, Luoming | Alba, Josephine | Espadas, Javier | Tettamanti, Maria, G | Gajić, Jelena | Gabus, Caroline | Campomanes, Pablo | Estrozi, Leandro, F | Sen, Nesli | Vanni, Stefano | Roux, Aurélien | Desfosses, Ambroise | Loewith, Robbie

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International audience. Abstract Biological membranes are partitioned into functional zones termed membrane microdomains, which contain specific lipids and proteins 1–3 . The composition and organization of membrane microdomains remain controversial because few techniques are available that allow the visualization of lipids in situ without disrupting their native behaviour 3,4 . The yeast eisosome, composed of the BAR-domain proteins Pil1 and Lsp1 (hereafter, Pil1/Lsp1), scaffolds a membrane compartment that senses and responds to mechanical stress by flattening and releasing sequestered factors 5–9 . Here we isolated near-native eisosomes as helical tubules made up of a lattice of Pil1/Lsp1 bound to plasma membrane lipids, and solved their structures by helical reconstruction. Our structures reveal a striking organization of membrane lipids, and, using in vitro reconstitutions and molecular dynamics simulations, we confirmed the positioning of individual PI(4,5)P 2 , phosphatidylserine and sterol molecules sequestered beneath the Pil1/Lsp1 coat. Three-dimensional variability analysis of the native-source eisosomes revealed a dynamic stretching of the Pil1/Lsp1 lattice that affects the sequestration of these lipids. Collectively, our results support a mechanism in which stretching of the Pil1/Lsp1 lattice liberates lipids that would otherwise be anchored by the Pil1/Lsp1 coat, and thus provide mechanistic insight into how eisosome BAR-domain proteins create a mechanosensitive membrane microdomain.

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