Structural and functional studies of the EGF20-27 region reveal new features of the human Notch receptor important for optimal activation

IF 4.4 2区生物学 Q2 BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Structure Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI:10.1016/j.str.2024.10.012

Zhihan Bo, Thomas Rowntree, Steven Johnson, Hilman Nurmahdi, Richard J. Suckling, Johan Hill, Boguslawa Korona, Philip C. Weisshuhn, Devon Sheppard, Yao Meng, Shaoyan Liang, Edward D. Lowe, Susan M. Lea, Christina Redfield, Penny A. Handford

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The Notch receptor is activated by the Delta/Serrate/Lag-2 (DSL) family of ligands. The organization of the extracellular signaling complex is unknown, although structures of Notch/ligand complexes comprising the ligand-binding region (LBR), and negative regulatory region (NRR) region, have been solved. Here, we investigate the human Notch-1 epidermal growth factor-like (EGF) 20-27 region, located between the LBR and NRR, and incorporating the Abruptex (Ax) region, associated with distinctive Drosophila phenotypes. Our analyses, using crystallography, NMR and small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), support a rigid, elongated organization for EGF20-27 with the EGF20-21 linkage showing Ca²⁺-dependent flexibility. In functional assays, Notch-1 variants containing Ax substitutions result in reduced ligand-dependent trans-activation. When cis-JAG1 was expressed, Notch activity differences between WT and Ca²⁺-binding Ax variants were less marked than seen in the trans-activation assays alone, consistent with disruption of cis-inhibition. These data indicate the importance of Ca²⁺-stabilized structure and suggest the balance of cis- and trans-interactions explains the effects of Drosophila Ax mutations.

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对 EGF20-27 区域的结构和功能研究揭示了人类 Notch 受体对于最佳激活的新特征

Notch受体由Delta/Serrate/Lag-2（DSL）配体家族激活。尽管由配体结合区（LBR）和负调控区（NRR）组成的 Notch/配体复合物的结构已被解决，但细胞外信号复合物的组织结构尚不清楚。在这里，我们研究了人类 Notch-1 表皮生长因子样（EGF）20-27 区域，该区域位于配体结合区（LBR）和负调控区（NRR）之间，并包含与果蝇独特表型相关的 Abruptex（Ax）区域。我们利用晶体学、核磁共振和小角 X 射线散射（SAXS）进行了分析，结果表明 EGF20-27 具有刚性、拉长的组织结构，EGF20-21 的连接具有依赖 Ca2+ 的灵活性。在功能测试中，含有 Ax 取代的 Notch-1 变体会降低配体依赖性转激活。当表达顺式-JAG1 时，WT 和结合 Ca2+ 的 Ax 变体之间的 Notch 活性差异没有单独在反式激活实验中看到的那么明显，这与顺式抑制的破坏是一致的。这些数据表明了Ca2+稳定结构的重要性，并表明顺式和反式相互作用的平衡解释了果蝇Ax突变的影响。

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Structure 生物-生化与分子生物学

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8.90

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1.80%

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155

审稿时长

3-8 weeks

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