Table 6. Ability of GFP-tagged stomatin mutants to target the plasma membrane, form oligomers, and/or associate with DRMs.
Mutation | Affected domain | PM localization | Oligo-merization | DRM-association |
---|---|---|---|---|
WT | ─ | + | + | + |
ΔN | N-terminal | + | + | + |
ΔC | C-terminal | + | - | - |
ΔCC | Coiled-coil | + | - | + |
Cys30Ser | IM | + | + | + |
Pro47Ser | IM | - | - | - |
Ile57Ala | CRAC/CARC | (+) | + | + |
Tyr60Ala | CRAC/CARC | (+) | - | - |
Arg62Ala | CRAC/CARC | + | - | - |
Cys87Ser | PHB/SPFH | - | (+) | + |
Phe91Ala | PHB/SPFH | + | (+)* | - |
Arg97Ala | PHB/SPFH | - | - | + |
Pro200Ala | Coiled-coil | (+) | - | + |
Pro245Ala | Coiled-coil | (+) | - | (+) |
Phe269Ala | ORA/CARC | + | - | + |
Pro270Ala | ORA/CARC | - | - | + |
PM, plasma membrane; DRM, detergent-resistant membrane; WT, wildtype; ΔN, N-terminal deletion; ΔC, C-terminal deletion; ΔCC, coiled-coil deletion; IM, intramembrane domain; CRAC, cholesterol recognition/interaction amino acid consensus sequence; CARC, reverse CRAC motif; PHB, prohibitin homology domain; SPFH, stomatin-prohibitin-flotillin-HflK/C domain; ORA, oligomerization and lipid raft association domain; +, positive; -, negative; (+), lower than WT; (+)* denotes the unclear condition of Phe91Ala oligomers, which rather appear like unspecific aggregates (Fig 3, left panel; Table 2).