
The long tail variant of Dynamin 1xA interacts with Endophilin A1 through a newly identified binding site, regulating ultrafast endocytosis at synapses.


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Dynamin 1 (Dyn1) has two major splice variants, xA and xB, with unique C-terminal extensions of 20 and 7 amino acids, respectively. Of these, only Dyn1xA is enriched at endocytic zones and accelerates vesicle fission during ultrafast endocytosis. Here, we report that the long tail variant, Dyn1xA, achieves this localization by preferentially binding to Endophilin A through a newly defined Class II binding site overlapping with its extension, at a site spanning the splice boundary. Endophilin binds this site at higher affinity than the previously reported site, and this affinity is determined by amino acids outside the binding sites acting as long distance elements within the xA tail. Their interaction is regulated by the phosphorylation state of two serine residues specific to the xA variant. Dyn1xA and Endophilin colocalize in patches near the active zone of synapses. Mutations selectively disrupting Endophilin binding to the long extension cause Dyn1xA mislocalization along axons. In these mutants, endocytic pits are stalled on the plasma membrane during ultrafast endocytosis. These data suggest that the specificity for ultrafast endocytosis is defined by the phospho-regulated interaction of Endophilin A through a newly identified site of Dyn1xA’s long tail.

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The authors have declared no competing interest.

*   LDE
    :   long distance element
    PRM
    :   proline rich motif
    PRR
    :   proline rich region
    SH3
    :   src-3 homology.

Dynamin 1xA interacts with Endophilin A1 via its spliced long C-terminus for ultrafast endocytosis

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Dynamin 1xA Interaction with Endophilin A1 for Ultrafast Endocytosis
