Structural basis for GTP hydrolysis and conformational change of MFN1 in mediating membrane fusion.

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Fusion of the outer mitochondrial membrane is mediated by the dynamin-like GTPase mitofusin (MFN). Here, we determined the structure of the minimal GTPase domain (MGD) of human MFN1 in complex with GDP-BeF3-. The MGD folds into a canonical GTPase fold with an associating four-helix bundle, HB1, and forms a dimer. A potassium ion in the catalytic core engages GDP and BeF3- (GDP-BeF3-). Enzymatic analysis has...

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