Native mass spectrometry prescreening of G protein-coupled receptor complexes for cryo-EM structure determination

IF 4.4 2区生物学 Q2 BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Structure Pub Date : 2024-10-28 DOI:10.1016/j.str.2024.10.004

Donggyun Kim, Weijing Liu, Rosa Viner, Vadim Cherezov

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Abstract

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are essential transmembrane proteins playing key roles in human health and disease. Understanding their atomic-level molecular structure and conformational states is imperative for advancing drug development. Recent breakthroughs in single-particle cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) have propelled the structural biology of GPCRs into a new era. Nevertheless, the preparation of suitable GPCR samples and their complexes for cryo-EM analysis remains challenging due to their poor stability and highly dynamic nature. Here, we present our online buffer exchange-native MS method combined with Direct Mass Technology (OBE-nMS+DMT) which facilitates high-throughput analysis and guides sample preparation. We applied this method to optimize the GPR119-G_s complex sample prior to cryo-EM analysis, leading to a 3.51 Å resolution structure from only 396 movies collected on a 200 kV Glacios. This study suggests that the OBE-nMS+DMT method emerges as a powerful tool for prescreening sample conditions in cryo-EM studies of GPCRs and other membrane protein complexes.

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用于低温电子显微镜结构测定的 G 蛋白偶联受体复合物的原生质谱预筛选

G 蛋白偶联受体（GPCR）是一种重要的跨膜蛋白，在人类健康和疾病中发挥着关键作用。了解它们的原子级分子结构和构象状态对于推动药物开发至关重要。单颗粒低温电子显微镜（cryo-EM）的最新突破推动 GPCR 结构生物学进入了一个新时代。然而，由于 GPCR 的稳定性差且具有高动态特性，制备合适的 GPCR 样品及其复合物进行低温电子显微镜分析仍具有挑战性。在此，我们介绍了结合直接质谱技术（OBE-nMS+DMT）的在线缓冲液交换-原位质谱方法，该方法可促进高通量分析并指导样品制备。在冷冻电镜分析之前，我们采用这种方法对 GPR119-Gs 复合物样品进行了优化，结果在 200 kV Glacios 上仅采集了 396 个图像，就得到了 3.51 Å 分辨率的结构。这项研究表明，OBE-nMS+DMT 方法是预筛选 GPCR 和其他膜蛋白复合物冷冻电镜研究中样品条件的有力工具。

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Structure 生物-生化与分子生物学

CiteScore

8.90

自引率

1.80%

发文量

155

审稿时长

3-8 weeks

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