Structural basis of actin filament nucleation and processive capping by a formin homology 2 domain

T Otomo, DR Tomchick, C Otomo, SC Panchal… - Nature, 2005 - nature.com
The conserved formin homology 2 (FH2) domain nucleates actin filaments and remains bound
to the barbed end of the growing filament. Here we report the crystal structure of the yeast …

Structure, lipid scrambling activity and role in autophagosome formation of ATG9A

…, LN Kinch, CM Garza, S Takahashi, C Otomo… - Nature structural & …, 2020 - nature.com
… ATG9 proteins vary in their chain lengths, ranging from ~700 to 1,000 residues, with both
the N and C termini being substantially different among species. Common to all species is the …

Structure of the human ATG12~ ATG5 conjugate required for LC3 lipidation in autophagy

C Otomo, Z Metlagel, G Takaesu… - Nature structural & …, 2013 - nature.com
… In our structure, the C-terminal tail of ATG12 folds back onto its own UFD through … of the
C-terminal tail of ATG12 has not been observed among structures of ubiquitin-like proteins; the C

[PDF][PDF] Structural basis of Rho GTPase-mediated activation of the formin mDia1

T Otomo, C Otomo, DR Tomchick, M Machius… - Molecular cell, 2005 - cell.com
… , involving its own C-terproximately parallel to its long axis (… face is formed by stacking of
helices A and C. The two DIDs … Highest surface conservation is observed near the C termini of …

The autophagic membrane tether ATG2A transfers lipids between membranes

S Maeda, C Otomo, T Otomo - elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
… ATG2 contains two additional conserved regions: an ‘ATG_C’ domain, also registered in
Pfam and located at the end of the C-terminus; and another short region preceding the ATG_C …

Insights into autophagosome biogenesis from structural and biochemical analyses of the ATG2A-WIPI4 complex

S Chowdhury, C Otomo, A Leitner… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
… To identify the C-terminal region, we fused an MBP to the C terminus and also inserted
an … In contrast to our previous labeling experiments, the MBP molecules in these C-terminal …

Autoinhibition regulates cellular localization and actin assembly activity of the diaphanous-related formins FRLα and mDia1

A Seth, C Otomo, MK Rosen - The Journal of cell biology, 2006 - rupress.org
… in cells coexpressing an L1062D mutant C terminus (Fig. S1). … C termini are mutually
autoinhibitory, with the N terminus blocking the actin assembly activity of the FH2 domain and the C

Inhibition of autophagy by a small molecule through covalent modification of the LC3 protein

…, W Wan, Y Zhang, B Zhang, C Otomo… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… Then we incubated DC-LC3in-D5 with purified LC3B protein (Figure 4 C) or a peptide
truncated from LC3B with Lys49 and Lys51 (marked as red) included (Figure 4 D; Figure S3). DC-…

Genetically encoded photoswitching of actin assembly through the Cdc42-WASP-Arp2/3 complex pathway

DW Leung, C Otomo, J Chory… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
… or Cdc42; constructs with PhyB at the C terminus did not express in bacteria or expressed
… 2 C and D). We then measured WASP activity toward Arp2/3 complex in the PhyB or Pif3 N …

Structural basis of ATG3 recognition by the autophagic ubiquitin-like protein ATG12

…, C Otomo, G Takaesu, T Otomo - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
… This positioning allows the catalytic cysteine of Atg3 E2core to face that of Atg7 in its C-terminal
domain, facilitating the transfer of Atg3 to Atg7. We previously showed that the …