- Boissan, Mathieu;
- Montagnac, Guillaume;
- Shen, Qinfang;
- Griparic, Lorena;
- Guitton, Jérôme;
- Romao, Maryse;
- Sauvonnet, Nathalie;
- Lagache, Thibault;
- Lascu, Ioan;
- Raposo, Graça;
- Desbourdes, Céline;
- Schlattner, Uwe;
- Lacombe, Marie-Lise;
- Polo, Simona;
- van der Bliek, Alexander M;
- Roux, Aurélien;
- Chavrier, Philippe
Dynamin superfamily molecular motors use guanosine triphosphate (GTP) as a source of energy for membrane-remodeling events. We found that knockdown of nucleoside diphosphate kinases (NDPKs) NM23-H1/H2, which produce GTP through adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-driven conversion of guanosine diphosphate (GDP), inhibited dynamin-mediated endocytosis. NM23-H1/H2 localized at clathrin-coated pits and interacted with the proline-rich domain of dynamin. In vitro, NM23-H1/H2 were recruited to dynamin-induced tubules, stimulated GTP-loading on dynamin, and triggered fission in the presence of ATP and GDP. NM23-H4, a mitochondria-specific NDPK, colocalized with mitochondrial dynamin-like OPA1 involved in mitochondria inner membrane fusion and increased GTP-loading on OPA1. Like OPA1 loss of function, silencing of NM23-H4 but not NM23-H1/H2 resulted in mitochondrial fragmentation, reflecting fusion defects. Thus, NDPKs interact with and provide GTP to dynamins, allowing these motor proteins to work with high thermodynamic efficiency.