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SNX-PXA-RGS-PXC Subfamily of Snxs in the Regulation of Receptor-Mediated Signaling and Membrane Trafficking International Journal of Molecular Sciences Review SNX-PXA-RGS-PXC Subfamily of SNXs in the Regulation of Receptor-Mediated Signaling and Membrane Trafficking Bibhas Amatya 1,†, Hewang Lee 2,†, Laureano D. Asico 2 , Prasad Konkalmatt 2, Ines Armando 2, Robin A. Felder 3 and Pedro A. Jose 2,3,4,* 1 The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA; [email protected] 2 Department of Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington, DC 20052, USA; [email protected] (H.L.); [email protected] (L.D.A.); [email protected] (P.K.); [email protected] (I.A.) 3 Department of Pathology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA; [email protected] 4 Department of Pharmacology/Physiology, The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington, DC 20052, USA * Correspondence: [email protected] † These authors contributed equally to this work. Abstract: The SNX-PXA-RGS-PXC subfamily of sorting nexins (SNXs) belongs to the superfamily of SNX proteins. SNXs are characterized by the presence of a common phox-homology (PX) domain, along with other functional domains that play versatile roles in cellular signaling and membrane traf- ficking. In addition to the PX domain, the SNX-PXA-RGS-PXC subfamily, except for SNX19, contains a unique RGS (regulators of G protein signaling) domain that serves as GTPase activating proteins Citation: Amatya, B.; Lee, H.; Asico, (GAPs), which accelerates GTP hydrolysis on the G protein α subunit, resulting in termination of L.D.; Konkalmatt, P.; Armando, I.; G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling. Moreover, the PX domain selectively interacts with Felder, R.A.; Jose, P.A. phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate and other phosphoinositides found in endosomal membranes, SNX-PXA-RGS-PXC Subfamily of while also associating with various intracellular proteins. Although SNX19 lacks an RGS domain, all SNXs in the Regulation of members of the SNX-PXA-RGS-PXC subfamily serve as dual regulators of receptor cargo signaling Receptor-Mediated Signaling and and endosomal trafficking. This review discusses the known and proposed functions of the SNX- Membrane Trafficking. Int. J. Mol. Sci. PXA-RGS-PXC subfamily and how it participates in receptor signaling (both GPCR and non-GPCR) 2021, 22, 2319. https://doi.org/ and endosomal-based membrane trafficking. Furthermore, we discuss the difference of this subfamily 10.3390/ijms22052319 of SNXs from other subfamilies, such as SNX-BAR nexins (Bin-Amphiphysin-Rvs) that are associated Academic Editor: Martin Hohenegger with retromer or other retrieval complexes for the regulation of receptor signaling and membrane trafficking. Emerging evidence has shown that the dysregulation and malfunction of this subfamily Received: 21 January 2021 of sorting nexins lead to various pathophysiological processes and disorders, including hypertension. Accepted: 22 February 2021 Published: 26 February 2021 Keywords: endosome; GPCR; receptor; RGS; signaling; SNX; trafficking Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affil- 1. Introduction iations. Receptor-mediated signaling and membrane trafficking processes are intimately inter- connected with the endosomes [1]. Internalized receptors, including G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and non-GPCRs, are sorted at endosomes, from which receptors are either delivered to the lysosome for degradation, recycled back to the plasma membrane, Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. or delivered to the trans-Golgi network (TGN) and other organelles by receptor-specific Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. pathways [2,3]. Sorting nexins (SNXs) play critical roles in these processes [4]. This article is an open access article The SNX family has a phox homology (PX) domain, capable of phosphoinositide distributed under the terms and binding, which enables SNX targeting to endosomal membranes by binding to phos- conditions of the Creative Commons phatidylinositols, most commonly phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate (PI(3)P) [5,6]. SNXs Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// are widely expressed from yeast to mammals, whose PX domain, first identified in two creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ subunits of the NADPH oxidase, p40phox and p47phox, actively engages in protein–lipid 4.0/). Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22, 2319. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22052319 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22, x FOR PEER REVIEW 2 of 17 Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22, x FOR PEER REVIEW 2 of 17 Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22, x FOR PEER REVIEW 2 of 17 Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22, x FOR PEER REVIEW 2 of 17 tidylinositols, most commonly phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate (PI(3)P) [5,6]. SNXs are Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22, x FOR PEER REVIEW 2 of 17 widelytidylinositols, expressed most from commonly yeast to phosphatidylinos mammals, whoseitol PX3-phosphate domain, first(PI(3) identifiedP) [5,6]. 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