MVB12A

UniProt ID: Q96EY5
Organism: Homo sapiens
Review Status: COMPLETE
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Gene Description

MVB12A is a metazoan ESCRT-I fourth subunit that complexes with TSG101, VPS28, and VPS37-family subunits. Its best-supported core cellular role is ESCRT-I-dependent sorting of ubiquitinated endosomal cargo into multivesicular bodies, supported by acidic phospholipid/ubiquitin binding, EGFR down-regulation context, and MVB12A-containing ESCRT-I structural evidence. Viral budding and virus maturation reflect pathogen exploitation of ESCRT machinery rather than the main endogenous MVB12A function.

Existing Annotations Review

GO Term Evidence Action Reason
GO:0000813 ESCRT I complex
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: ESCRT-I complex membership is the central MVB12A cellular-component annotation.
Reason: MVB12A is a metazoan fourth subunit of ESCRT-I and is directly supported by ESCRT-I composition and structural studies.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Component of the ESCRT-I complex
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
which consists of TSG101, VPS28, a VPS37
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Interacts with TSG101
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Interacts with VPS28
PMID:18005716
constitute the fourth class of metazoan ESCRT-I subunits
PMID:18005716
one copy of each of the four subunit types
PMID:18005716
associate with the core region of the binary TSG101-VPS37 complex
PMID:32424346
comprising TSG101-VPS28-VPS37B-MVB12A
GO:0005829 cytosol
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: cytosol is supported as a localization/context row but is not the core MVB12A function.
Reason: The core proteostasis role is ESCRT-I endosomal cargo sorting; this localization is secondary or broad.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Cytoplasm
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Nucleus
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
centrosome
PMID:19056867
Large-scale proteomics and phosphoproteomics of urinary exosomes
PMID:23533145
In-depth proteomic analyses of exosomes
GO:0019075 virus maturation
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: virus maturation is directly supported but is a non-core host-pathogen context for this review. MVB12A-specific viral involvement now spans both HIV-1 (Morita 2007) and beta-coronaviruses, where MVB12A knockdown impairs late virion egress without blocking assembly (falcon deep research, citing Zhang 2025).
Reason: MVB12A/MVB12 subunits regulate HIV/viral budding and maturation, and MVB12A knockdown specifically reduces beta-coronavirus virion egress and virus-like-particle production, but these reflect viral exploitation of host ESCRT-I rather than the core endosomal ESCRT-I cargo-sorting function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:18005716
MVB12 depletion and overexpression inhibit HIV-1 infectivity
PMID:18005716
aberrant virion morphologies and altered viral Gag protein processing
PMID:32424346
HIV-1 release in human cells
PMID:20588296
viral budding, cytokinesis and, probably, autophagy
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-deep-research-falcon.md
Knockdown of MVB12A did not affect the early stages of virion assembly, but significantly inhibited virion egress from cells
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-deep-research-falcon.md
late-acting ESCRT component in coronavirus replication
GO:0032510 endosome to lysosome transport via multivesicular body sorting pathway
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: endosome to lysosome transport via multivesicular body sorting pathway is supported as part of MVB12A/ESCRT-I endosomal cargo sorting.
Reason: MVB12A/ESCRT-I supports ubiquitin-dependent endosomal cargo sorting, receptor down-regulation, and multivesicular body pathway transport.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Required for the sorting of endocytic
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
ubiquitinated cargos into multivesicular bodies
PMID:18005716
plays essential roles in HIV budding and endosomal protein sorting
PMID:16895919
accelerated the EGF receptor's down-regulation
PMID:20654576
amounts of EGF receptor bound to ESCRT-I
GO:0032801 receptor catabolic process
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: receptor catabolic process is supported as part of MVB12A/ESCRT-I endosomal cargo sorting.
Reason: MVB12A/ESCRT-I supports ubiquitin-dependent endosomal cargo sorting, receptor down-regulation, and multivesicular body pathway transport.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Required for the sorting of endocytic
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
ubiquitinated cargos into multivesicular bodies
PMID:18005716
plays essential roles in HIV budding and endosomal protein sorting
PMID:16895919
accelerated the EGF receptor's down-regulation
PMID:20654576
amounts of EGF receptor bound to ESCRT-I
GO:0042058 regulation of epidermal growth factor receptor signaling pathway
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: EGFR signaling regulation is supported as a substrate-specific MVB12A context.
Reason: MVB12A affects EGFR down-regulation through CD2AP/CIN85 and ESCRT-I, but EGFR signaling is a cargo/context-specific consequence rather than the core function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16895919
phosphorylated at tyrosine 204 upon EGF stimulation
PMID:16895919
accelerated the EGF receptor's down-regulation
PMID:20654576
Tyr204 phosphorylation of MVB12A
PMID:20654576
affects binding to CD2AP
PMID:20654576
amounts of EGF receptor bound to ESCRT-I
GO:0046755 viral budding
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: viral budding is directly supported but is a non-core host-pathogen context for this review.
Reason: MVB12A/MVB12 subunits regulate HIV/viral budding and maturation, but the core cellular proteostasis role is endosomal ESCRT-I cargo sorting.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:18005716
MVB12 depletion and overexpression inhibit HIV-1 infectivity
PMID:18005716
aberrant virion morphologies and altered viral Gag protein processing
PMID:32424346
HIV-1 release in human cells
PMID:20588296
viral budding, cytokinesis and, probably, autophagy
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-deep-research-falcon.md
Knockdown of MVB12A did not affect the early stages of virion assembly, but significantly inhibited virion egress from cells
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-deep-research-falcon.md
late-acting ESCRT component in coronavirus replication
GO:0000813 ESCRT I complex
IEA
GO_REF:0000002
ACCEPT
Summary: ESCRT-I complex membership is the central MVB12A cellular-component annotation.
Reason: MVB12A is a metazoan fourth subunit of ESCRT-I and is directly supported by ESCRT-I composition and structural studies.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Component of the ESCRT-I complex
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
which consists of TSG101, VPS28, a VPS37
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Interacts with TSG101
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Interacts with VPS28
PMID:18005716
constitute the fourth class of metazoan ESCRT-I subunits
PMID:18005716
one copy of each of the four subunit types
PMID:18005716
associate with the core region of the binary TSG101-VPS37 complex
PMID:32424346
comprising TSG101-VPS28-VPS37B-MVB12A
GO:0005634 nucleus
IEA
GO_REF:0000044
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: nucleus is supported as a localization/context row but is not the core MVB12A function.
Reason: The core proteostasis role is ESCRT-I endosomal cargo sorting; this localization is secondary or broad.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Cytoplasm
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Nucleus
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
centrosome
PMID:19056867
Large-scale proteomics and phosphoproteomics of urinary exosomes
PMID:23533145
In-depth proteomic analyses of exosomes
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: cytoplasm is supported as a localization/context row but is not the core MVB12A function.
Reason: The core proteostasis role is ESCRT-I endosomal cargo sorting; this localization is secondary or broad.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Cytoplasm
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Nucleus
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
centrosome
PMID:19056867
Large-scale proteomics and phosphoproteomics of urinary exosomes
PMID:23533145
In-depth proteomic analyses of exosomes
GO:0005768 endosome
IEA
GO_REF:0000044
ACCEPT
Summary: endosome localization is supported and relevant to MVB12A/ESCRT-I function.
Reason: MVB12A is an ESCRT-I subunit associated with endosomes/late-endosome membrane and endosomal cargo sorting.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Endosome
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Late endosome membrane
PMID:22232651
function both in protein transport at endosomes
GO:0005813 centrosome
IEA
GO_REF:0000044
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: centrosome is supported as a localization/context row but is not the core MVB12A function.
Reason: The core proteostasis role is ESCRT-I endosomal cargo sorting; this localization is secondary or broad.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Cytoplasm
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Nucleus
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
centrosome
PMID:19056867
Large-scale proteomics and phosphoproteomics of urinary exosomes
PMID:23533145
In-depth proteomic analyses of exosomes
GO:0031902 late endosome membrane
IEA
GO_REF:0000044
ACCEPT
Summary: late endosome membrane localization is supported and relevant to MVB12A/ESCRT-I function.
Reason: MVB12A is an ESCRT-I subunit associated with endosomes/late-endosome membrane and endosomal cargo sorting.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Endosome
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Late endosome membrane
PMID:22232651
function both in protein transport at endosomes
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:28514442
Architecture of the human interactome defines protein commun...
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Protein binding is too generic to represent MVB12A function.
Reason: The informative annotations are ESCRT-I complex membership, SH3-domain binding context, ubiquitin binding, and phospholipid binding, not generic protein binding from broad interaction screens.
Proposed replacements: ESCRT I complex
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-notes.md
Generic `protein binding` rows should be replaced where possible
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:32296183
A reference map of the human binary protein interactome.
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Protein binding is too generic to represent MVB12A function.
Reason: The informative annotations are ESCRT-I complex membership, SH3-domain binding context, ubiquitin binding, and phospholipid binding, not generic protein binding from broad interaction screens.
Proposed replacements: ESCRT I complex
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-notes.md
Generic `protein binding` rows should be replaced where possible
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:33961781
Dual proteome-scale networks reveal cell-specific remodeling...
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Protein binding is too generic to represent MVB12A function.
Reason: The informative annotations are ESCRT-I complex membership, SH3-domain binding context, ubiquitin binding, and phospholipid binding, not generic protein binding from broad interaction screens.
Proposed replacements: ESCRT I complex
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-notes.md
Generic `protein binding` rows should be replaced where possible
GO:0000813 ESCRT I complex
IPI
PMID:18005716
Identification of human MVB12 proteins as ESCRT-I subunits t...
ACCEPT
Summary: ESCRT-I complex membership is the central MVB12A cellular-component annotation.
Reason: MVB12A is a metazoan fourth subunit of ESCRT-I and is directly supported by ESCRT-I composition and structural studies.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Component of the ESCRT-I complex
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
which consists of TSG101, VPS28, a VPS37
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Interacts with TSG101
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Interacts with VPS28
PMID:18005716
constitute the fourth class of metazoan ESCRT-I subunits
PMID:18005716
one copy of each of the four subunit types
PMID:18005716
associate with the core region of the binary TSG101-VPS37 complex
PMID:32424346
comprising TSG101-VPS28-VPS37B-MVB12A
GO:0000813 ESCRT I complex
IPI
PMID:32424346
A helical assembly of human ESCRT-I scaffolds reverse-topolo...
ACCEPT
Summary: ESCRT-I complex membership is the central MVB12A cellular-component annotation.
Reason: MVB12A is a metazoan fourth subunit of ESCRT-I and is directly supported by ESCRT-I composition and structural studies.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Component of the ESCRT-I complex
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
which consists of TSG101, VPS28, a VPS37
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Interacts with TSG101
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Interacts with VPS28
PMID:18005716
constitute the fourth class of metazoan ESCRT-I subunits
PMID:18005716
one copy of each of the four subunit types
PMID:18005716
associate with the core region of the binary TSG101-VPS37 complex
PMID:32424346
comprising TSG101-VPS28-VPS37B-MVB12A
GO:0010008 endosome membrane
NAS
PMID:32424346
A helical assembly of human ESCRT-I scaffolds reverse-topolo...
ACCEPT
Summary: endosome membrane localization is supported and relevant to MVB12A/ESCRT-I function.
Reason: MVB12A is an ESCRT-I subunit associated with endosomes/late-endosome membrane and endosomal cargo sorting.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Endosome
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Late endosome membrane
PMID:22232651
function both in protein transport at endosomes
GO:0036258 multivesicular body assembly
NAS
PMID:32424346
A helical assembly of human ESCRT-I scaffolds reverse-topolo...
ACCEPT
Summary: multivesicular body assembly is supported as part of MVB12A/ESCRT-I endosomal cargo sorting.
Reason: MVB12A/ESCRT-I supports ubiquitin-dependent endosomal cargo sorting, receptor down-regulation, and multivesicular body pathway transport.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Required for the sorting of endocytic
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
ubiquitinated cargos into multivesicular bodies
PMID:18005716
plays essential roles in HIV budding and endosomal protein sorting
PMID:16895919
accelerated the EGF receptor's down-regulation
PMID:20654576
amounts of EGF receptor bound to ESCRT-I
GO:0043328 protein transport to vacuole involved in ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process via the multivesicular body sorting pathway
NAS
PMID:32424346
A helical assembly of human ESCRT-I scaffolds reverse-topolo...
ACCEPT
Summary: protein transport to vacuole involved in ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process via the multivesicular body sorting pathway is supported as part of MVB12A/ESCRT-I endosomal cargo sorting.
Reason: MVB12A/ESCRT-I supports ubiquitin-dependent endosomal cargo sorting, receptor down-regulation, and multivesicular body pathway transport.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Required for the sorting of endocytic
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
ubiquitinated cargos into multivesicular bodies
PMID:18005716
plays essential roles in HIV budding and endosomal protein sorting
PMID:16895919
accelerated the EGF receptor's down-regulation
PMID:20654576
amounts of EGF receptor bound to ESCRT-I
GO:0090148 membrane fission
NAS
PMID:32424346
A helical assembly of human ESCRT-I scaffolds reverse-topolo...
ACCEPT
Summary: Membrane fission is supported as an ESCRT-I complex-level mechanism involving MVB12A-containing headpiece assemblies.
Reason: MVB12A is directly present in the structural ESCRT-I headpiece used to support ESCRT-I filament/scaffolding behavior, although the perturbation assay targeted VPS28.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:32424346
comprising TSG101-VPS28-VPS37B-MVB12A
PMID:32424346
22-amino acid fragment of MVB12A
PMID:32424346
ESCRT-I is not merely a bridging adaptor
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-deep-research-falcon.md
MVB12A is not merely a passive adaptor but participates in active scaffolding for membrane remodeling
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:18005716
Identification of human MVB12 proteins as ESCRT-I subunits t...
MODIFY
Summary: Protein binding from ESCRT-I reconstitution should be replaced by ESCRT-I complex membership.
Reason: The interaction evidence supports complex membership rather than generic protein binding.
Proposed replacements: ESCRT I complex
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Component of the ESCRT-I complex
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
which consists of TSG101, VPS28, a VPS37
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Interacts with TSG101
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Interacts with VPS28
PMID:18005716
constitute the fourth class of metazoan ESCRT-I subunits
PMID:18005716
one copy of each of the four subunit types
PMID:18005716
associate with the core region of the binary TSG101-VPS37 complex
PMID:32424346
comprising TSG101-VPS28-VPS37B-MVB12A
GO:0046755 viral budding
IMP
PMID:18005716
Identification of human MVB12 proteins as ESCRT-I subunits t...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: viral budding is directly supported but is a non-core host-pathogen context for this review.
Reason: MVB12A/MVB12 subunits regulate HIV/viral budding and maturation, but the core cellular proteostasis role is endosomal ESCRT-I cargo sorting.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:18005716
MVB12 depletion and overexpression inhibit HIV-1 infectivity
PMID:18005716
aberrant virion morphologies and altered viral Gag protein processing
PMID:32424346
HIV-1 release in human cells
PMID:20588296
viral budding, cytokinesis and, probably, autophagy
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-deep-research-falcon.md
Knockdown of MVB12A did not affect the early stages of virion assembly, but significantly inhibited virion egress from cells
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-deep-research-falcon.md
late-acting ESCRT component in coronavirus replication
GO:0010008 endosome membrane
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-184269
ACCEPT
Summary: endosome membrane localization is supported and relevant to MVB12A/ESCRT-I function.
Reason: MVB12A is an ESCRT-I subunit associated with endosomes/late-endosome membrane and endosomal cargo sorting.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Endosome
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Late endosome membrane
PMID:22232651
function both in protein transport at endosomes
GO:0010008 endosome membrane
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-3149434
ACCEPT
Summary: endosome membrane localization is supported and relevant to MVB12A/ESCRT-I function.
Reason: MVB12A is an ESCRT-I subunit associated with endosomes/late-endosome membrane and endosomal cargo sorting.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Endosome
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Late endosome membrane
PMID:22232651
function both in protein transport at endosomes
GO:0010008 endosome membrane
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-3159232
ACCEPT
Summary: endosome membrane localization is supported and relevant to MVB12A/ESCRT-I function.
Reason: MVB12A is an ESCRT-I subunit associated with endosomes/late-endosome membrane and endosomal cargo sorting.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Endosome
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Late endosome membrane
PMID:22232651
function both in protein transport at endosomes
GO:0010008 endosome membrane
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-917696
ACCEPT
Summary: endosome membrane localization is supported and relevant to MVB12A/ESCRT-I function.
Reason: MVB12A is an ESCRT-I subunit associated with endosomes/late-endosome membrane and endosomal cargo sorting.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Endosome
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Late endosome membrane
PMID:22232651
function both in protein transport at endosomes
GO:0010008 endosome membrane
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-917730
ACCEPT
Summary: endosome membrane localization is supported and relevant to MVB12A/ESCRT-I function.
Reason: MVB12A is an ESCRT-I subunit associated with endosomes/late-endosome membrane and endosomal cargo sorting.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Endosome
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Late endosome membrane
PMID:22232651
function both in protein transport at endosomes
GO:0016236 macroautophagy
TAS
PMID:20588296
Membrane budding and scission by the ESCRT machinery: it's a...
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Macroautophagy is over-annotated for MVB12A as written.
Reason: The broad ESCRT/autophagy review and VPS28-interface structural assay do not directly establish MVB12A as a core macroautophagy or phagophore-closure factor.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20588296
viral budding, cytokinesis and, probably, autophagy
PMID:20588296
direct neck closure reaction in autophagy
PMID:31519728
identify the ESCRT-I subunit VPS37A as a critical component
PMID:31519728
required for autophagosome completion
PMID:32424346
Mutation of VPS28 helical interface residues blocks filament formation
GO:0000813 ESCRT I complex
TAS
PMID:20588296
Membrane budding and scission by the ESCRT machinery: it's a...
ACCEPT
Summary: ESCRT-I complex membership is the central MVB12A cellular-component annotation.
Reason: MVB12A is a metazoan fourth subunit of ESCRT-I and is directly supported by ESCRT-I composition and structural studies.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Component of the ESCRT-I complex
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
which consists of TSG101, VPS28, a VPS37
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Interacts with TSG101
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Interacts with VPS28
PMID:18005716
constitute the fourth class of metazoan ESCRT-I subunits
PMID:18005716
one copy of each of the four subunit types
PMID:18005716
associate with the core region of the binary TSG101-VPS37 complex
PMID:32424346
comprising TSG101-VPS28-VPS37B-MVB12A
GO:0036258 multivesicular body assembly
TAS
PMID:20588296
Membrane budding and scission by the ESCRT machinery: it's a...
ACCEPT
Summary: multivesicular body assembly is supported as part of MVB12A/ESCRT-I endosomal cargo sorting.
Reason: MVB12A/ESCRT-I supports ubiquitin-dependent endosomal cargo sorting, receptor down-regulation, and multivesicular body pathway transport.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Required for the sorting of endocytic
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
ubiquitinated cargos into multivesicular bodies
PMID:18005716
plays essential roles in HIV budding and endosomal protein sorting
PMID:16895919
accelerated the EGF receptor's down-regulation
PMID:20654576
amounts of EGF receptor bound to ESCRT-I
GO:0039702 viral budding via host ESCRT complex
TAS
PMID:20588296
Membrane budding and scission by the ESCRT machinery: it's a...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: viral budding via host ESCRT complex is directly supported but is a non-core host-pathogen context for this review.
Reason: MVB12A/MVB12 subunits regulate HIV/viral budding and maturation, but the core cellular proteostasis role is endosomal ESCRT-I cargo sorting.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:18005716
MVB12 depletion and overexpression inhibit HIV-1 infectivity
PMID:18005716
aberrant virion morphologies and altered viral Gag protein processing
PMID:32424346
HIV-1 release in human cells
PMID:20588296
viral budding, cytokinesis and, probably, autophagy
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-deep-research-falcon.md
Knockdown of MVB12A did not affect the early stages of virion assembly, but significantly inhibited virion egress from cells
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-deep-research-falcon.md
late-acting ESCRT component in coronavirus replication
GO:0019075 virus maturation
IMP
PMID:18005716
Identification of human MVB12 proteins as ESCRT-I subunits t...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: virus maturation is directly supported but is a non-core host-pathogen context for this review.
Reason: MVB12A/MVB12 subunits regulate HIV/viral budding and maturation, but the core cellular proteostasis role is endosomal ESCRT-I cargo sorting.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:18005716
MVB12 depletion and overexpression inhibit HIV-1 infectivity
PMID:18005716
aberrant virion morphologies and altered viral Gag protein processing
PMID:32424346
HIV-1 release in human cells
PMID:20588296
viral budding, cytokinesis and, probably, autophagy
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-deep-research-falcon.md
Knockdown of MVB12A did not affect the early stages of virion assembly, but significantly inhibited virion egress from cells
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-deep-research-falcon.md
late-acting ESCRT component in coronavirus replication
GO:0000813 ESCRT I complex
IDA
PMID:18005716
Identification of human MVB12 proteins as ESCRT-I subunits t...
ACCEPT
Summary: ESCRT-I complex membership is the central MVB12A cellular-component annotation.
Reason: MVB12A is a metazoan fourth subunit of ESCRT-I and is directly supported by ESCRT-I composition and structural studies.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Component of the ESCRT-I complex
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
which consists of TSG101, VPS28, a VPS37
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Interacts with TSG101
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Interacts with VPS28
PMID:18005716
constitute the fourth class of metazoan ESCRT-I subunits
PMID:18005716
one copy of each of the four subunit types
PMID:18005716
associate with the core region of the binary TSG101-VPS37 complex
PMID:32424346
comprising TSG101-VPS28-VPS37B-MVB12A
GO:0005813 centrosome
IDA
PMID:18005716
Identification of human MVB12 proteins as ESCRT-I subunits t...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: centrosome is supported as a localization/context row but is not the core MVB12A function.
Reason: The core proteostasis role is ESCRT-I endosomal cargo sorting; this localization is secondary or broad.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Cytoplasm
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Nucleus
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
centrosome
PMID:19056867
Large-scale proteomics and phosphoproteomics of urinary exosomes
PMID:23533145
In-depth proteomic analyses of exosomes
GO:0070062 extracellular exosome
HDA
PMID:23533145
In-depth proteomic analyses of exosomes isolated from expres...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: extracellular exosome is supported as a localization/context row but is not the core MVB12A function.
Reason: The core proteostasis role is ESCRT-I endosomal cargo sorting; this localization is secondary or broad.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Cytoplasm
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Nucleus
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
centrosome
PMID:19056867
Large-scale proteomics and phosphoproteomics of urinary exosomes
PMID:23533145
In-depth proteomic analyses of exosomes
GO:0000813 ESCRT I complex
IDA
PMID:20654576
Distinct functions of human MVB12A and MVB12B in the ESCRT-I...
ACCEPT
Summary: ESCRT-I complex membership is the central MVB12A cellular-component annotation.
Reason: MVB12A is a metazoan fourth subunit of ESCRT-I and is directly supported by ESCRT-I composition and structural studies.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Component of the ESCRT-I complex
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
which consists of TSG101, VPS28, a VPS37
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Interacts with TSG101
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Interacts with VPS28
PMID:18005716
constitute the fourth class of metazoan ESCRT-I subunits
PMID:18005716
one copy of each of the four subunit types
PMID:18005716
associate with the core region of the binary TSG101-VPS37 complex
PMID:32424346
comprising TSG101-VPS28-VPS37B-MVB12A
GO:0000813 ESCRT I complex
IDA
PMID:22232651
Structural basis for membrane targeting by the MVB12-associa...
ACCEPT
Summary: ESCRT-I complex membership is the central MVB12A cellular-component annotation.
Reason: MVB12A is a metazoan fourth subunit of ESCRT-I and is directly supported by ESCRT-I composition and structural studies.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Component of the ESCRT-I complex
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
which consists of TSG101, VPS28, a VPS37
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Interacts with TSG101
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Interacts with VPS28
PMID:18005716
constitute the fourth class of metazoan ESCRT-I subunits
PMID:18005716
one copy of each of the four subunit types
PMID:18005716
associate with the core region of the binary TSG101-VPS37 complex
PMID:32424346
comprising TSG101-VPS28-VPS37B-MVB12A
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:20654576
Distinct functions of human MVB12A and MVB12B in the ESCRT-I...
MODIFY
Summary: Protein binding should be replaced by the more informative SH3 domain binding context.
Reason: MVB12A/CFBP binds CD2AP/CIN85 SH3-domain proteins through a proline-rich motif regulated by Tyr204 phosphorylation.
Proposed replacements: SH3 domain binding
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16895919
CIN85/CD2AP family was identified as a binding partner
PMID:16895919
recognized by one of the three Src-homology 3 domains
PMID:20654576
affects binding to CD2AP
GO:0005829 cytosol
IDA
PMID:20654576
Distinct functions of human MVB12A and MVB12B in the ESCRT-I...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: cytosol is supported as a localization/context row but is not the core MVB12A function.
Reason: The core proteostasis role is ESCRT-I endosomal cargo sorting; this localization is secondary or broad.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Cytoplasm
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Nucleus
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
centrosome
PMID:19056867
Large-scale proteomics and phosphoproteomics of urinary exosomes
PMID:23533145
In-depth proteomic analyses of exosomes
GO:0008289 lipid binding
IMP
PMID:22232651
Structural basis for membrane targeting by the MVB12-associa...
MODIFY
Summary: Lipid binding is correct but should be made more specific.
Reason: MVB12A/MVB12B MABP domains bind acidic phospholipid-containing liposomes, so phospholipid binding is the more informative MF term.
Proposed replacements: phospholipid binding
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:22232651
MABP domains of the MVB12A and B subunits
PMID:22232651
bind in vitro to liposomes containing acidic lipids
PMID:22232651
coincidence detector for acidic phospholipids and protein ligands
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-deep-research-falcon.md
binds to acidic liposomes containing anionic lipids
GO:0031982 vesicle
IDA
PMID:20654576
Distinct functions of human MVB12A and MVB12B in the ESCRT-I...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: vesicle is supported as a localization/context row but is not the core MVB12A function.
Reason: The core proteostasis role is ESCRT-I endosomal cargo sorting; this localization is secondary or broad.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Cytoplasm
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Nucleus
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
centrosome
PMID:19056867
Large-scale proteomics and phosphoproteomics of urinary exosomes
PMID:23533145
In-depth proteomic analyses of exosomes
GO:0042058 regulation of epidermal growth factor receptor signaling pathway
IMP
PMID:20654576
Distinct functions of human MVB12A and MVB12B in the ESCRT-I...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: EGFR signaling regulation is supported as a substrate-specific MVB12A context.
Reason: MVB12A affects EGFR down-regulation through CD2AP/CIN85 and ESCRT-I, but EGFR signaling is a cargo/context-specific consequence rather than the core function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16895919
phosphorylated at tyrosine 204 upon EGF stimulation
PMID:16895919
accelerated the EGF receptor's down-regulation
PMID:20654576
Tyr204 phosphorylation of MVB12A
PMID:20654576
affects binding to CD2AP
PMID:20654576
amounts of EGF receptor bound to ESCRT-I
GO:0043130 ubiquitin binding
IMP
PMID:20654576
Distinct functions of human MVB12A and MVB12B in the ESCRT-I...
UNDECIDED
Summary: Ubiquitin binding is plausible from the GOA/UniProt row but cannot be confirmed from the cached abstract.
Reason: The row cites PMID:20654576, but the cached abstract available locally does not expose the underlying ubiquitin-binding experiment. Verify full text before accepting or replacing this MF annotation.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-notes.md
that row should remain undecided pending full-text confirmation
GO:0043162 ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process via the multivesicular body sorting pathway
IC
PMID:20654576
Distinct functions of human MVB12A and MVB12B in the ESCRT-I...
ACCEPT
Summary: ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process via the multivesicular body sorting pathway is supported as part of MVB12A/ESCRT-I endosomal cargo sorting.
Reason: MVB12A/ESCRT-I supports ubiquitin-dependent endosomal cargo sorting, receptor down-regulation, and multivesicular body pathway transport.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Required for the sorting of endocytic
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
ubiquitinated cargos into multivesicular bodies
PMID:18005716
plays essential roles in HIV budding and endosomal protein sorting
PMID:16895919
accelerated the EGF receptor's down-regulation
PMID:20654576
amounts of EGF receptor bound to ESCRT-I
GO:0070062 extracellular exosome
HDA
PMID:19056867
Large-scale proteomics and phosphoproteomics of urinary exos...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: extracellular exosome is supported as a localization/context row but is not the core MVB12A function.
Reason: The core proteostasis role is ESCRT-I endosomal cargo sorting; this localization is secondary or broad.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Cytoplasm
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
Nucleus
file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
centrosome
PMID:19056867
Large-scale proteomics and phosphoproteomics of urinary exosomes
PMID:23533145
In-depth proteomic analyses of exosomes

Core Functions

MVB12A is a fourth subunit of metazoan ESCRT-I complexes and helps organize MVB12A-containing TSG101-VPS28-VPS37 ESCRT-I assemblies.

Supporting Evidence:
  • file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
    Component of the ESCRT-I complex
  • file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
    which consists of TSG101, VPS28, a VPS37
  • file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
    Interacts with TSG101
  • file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
    Interacts with VPS28
  • PMID:18005716
    constitute the fourth class of metazoan ESCRT-I subunits
  • PMID:18005716
    one copy of each of the four subunit types
  • PMID:18005716
    associate with the core region of the binary TSG101-VPS37 complex
  • PMID:32424346
    comprising TSG101-VPS28-VPS37B-MVB12A
  • PMID:32424346
    comprising TSG101-VPS28-VPS37B-MVB12A
  • PMID:32424346
    22-amino acid fragment of MVB12A
  • PMID:32424346
    ESCRT-I is not merely a bridging adaptor
  • file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
    Endosome
  • file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
    Late endosome membrane
  • PMID:22232651
    function both in protein transport at endosomes

MVB12A supports endosomal sorting and down-regulation of ubiquitinated receptor cargo, including EGFR pathway cargo context.

Supporting Evidence:
  • file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
    Required for the sorting of endocytic
  • file:human/MVB12A/MVB12A-uniprot.txt
    ubiquitinated cargos into multivesicular bodies
  • PMID:18005716
    plays essential roles in HIV budding and endosomal protein sorting
  • PMID:16895919
    accelerated the EGF receptor's down-regulation
  • PMID:20654576
    amounts of EGF receptor bound to ESCRT-I
  • PMID:16895919
    phosphorylated at tyrosine 204 upon EGF stimulation
  • PMID:16895919
    accelerated the EGF receptor's down-regulation
  • PMID:20654576
    Tyr204 phosphorylation of MVB12A
  • PMID:20654576
    affects binding to CD2AP
  • PMID:20654576
    amounts of EGF receptor bound to ESCRT-I

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Suggested Questions for Experts

Q: Should MVB12A macroautophagy annotations be retired, modified to ESCRT-I membrane fission, or kept non-core pending MVB12A-specific phagophore-closure perturbation evidence?

Suggested experts: GO autophagy editors, GO ESCRT curators

Q: Should MVB12A generic protein-binding annotations be replaced by ESCRT-I complex membership, SH3 domain binding, phospholipid binding, and ubiquitin binding where the evidence supports those more specific terms?

Suggested experts: GO molecular function editors, UniProt curators

Suggested Experiments

Experiment: Use MVB12A knockout/rescue in HT-LC3 autophagosome closure assays, with VPS37A and VPS28 helical-interface perturbations as controls, and compare effects on EGFR MVB sorting.

Hypothesis: MVB12A-containing ESCRT-I assemblies contribute to ESCRT-I scaffold mechanics, but MVB12A-specific loss has not been shown to be required for phagophore closure.

Type: MVB12A-specific phagophore closure assay

Experiment: Test purified MVB12A domains for acidic phospholipid binding, ubiquitin binding, and CD2AP/CIN85 SH3-domain binding using matched mutants and rescue readouts in EGFR down-regulation assays.

Hypothesis: MVB12A membrane and cargo recognition is better represented by phospholipid binding, ubiquitin binding, and SH3-domain-binding contexts than generic protein binding.

Type: MVB12A molecular-function refinement

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