Petria S. Thompson, K. M. Amidon, Kareem N. Mohni, D. Cortez, B. Eichman
{"title":"Non-covalent DNA-protein complex between E. coli YedK and ssDNA containing an abasic site analog","authors":"Petria S. Thompson, K. M. Amidon, Kareem N. Mohni, D. Cortez, B. Eichman","doi":"10.2210/PDB6NUH/PDB","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2210/PDB6NUH/PDB","url":null,"abstract":"Abasic (AP) sites are one of the most common DNA lesions that block replicative polymerases. 5-hydroxymethylcytosine binding, embryonic stem cell-specific protein (HMCES) recognizes and processes these lesions in the context of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA). A HMCES DNA-protein cross-link (DPC) intermediate is thought to shield the AP site from endonucleases and error-prone polymerases. The highly evolutionarily conserved SOS-response associated peptidase (SRAP) domain of HMCES and its Escherichia coli ortholog YedK mediate lesion recognition. Here we uncover the basis of AP site protection by SRAP domains from a crystal structure of the YedK DPC. YedK forms a stable thiazolidine linkage between a ring-opened AP site and the α-amino and sulfhydryl substituents of its amino-terminal cysteine residue. The thiazolidine linkage explains the remarkable stability of the HMCES DPC, its resistance to strand cleavage and the proteolysis requirement for resolution. Furthermore, its structure reveals that HMCES has specificity for AP sites in ssDNA at junctions found when replicative polymerases encounter the AP lesion.","PeriodicalId":18836,"journal":{"name":"Nature Structural &Molecular Biology","volume":"26 1","pages":"613-618"},"PeriodicalIF":16.8,"publicationDate":"2019-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42837871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Human equilibrative nucleoside transporter-1, S-(4-nitrobenzyl)-6-thioinosine bound, merohedrally twinned","authors":"Nicholas Wright, Seok-Yong Lee","doi":"10.2210/PDB6OB6/PDB","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2210/PDB6OB6/PDB","url":null,"abstract":"The human equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1 (hENT1), a member of the SLC29 family, plays crucial roles in adenosine signaling, cellular uptake of nucleoside for DNA and RNA synthesis, and nucleoside-derived anticancer and antiviral drug transport in humans. Because of its central role in adenosine signaling, it is the target of adenosine reuptake inhibitors (AdoRI), several of which are used clinically. Despite its importance in human physiology and pharmacology, the molecular basis of hENT1-mediated adenosine transport and its inhibition by AdoRIs are limited, owing to the absence of structural information on hENT1. Here, we present crystal structures of hENT1 in complex with two chemically distinct AdoRIs: dilazep and S-(4-nitrobenzyl)-6-thioinosine (NBMPR). Combined with mutagenesis study, our structural analyses elucidate two distinct inhibitory mechanisms exhibited on hENT1 and provide insight into adenosine recognition and transport. Our studies provide a platform for improved pharmacological intervention of adenosine and nucleoside analog drug transport by hENT1.","PeriodicalId":18836,"journal":{"name":"Nature Structural &Molecular Biology","volume":"26 1","pages":"599-606"},"PeriodicalIF":16.8,"publicationDate":"2019-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44664546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Sandate, A. Szyk, E. Zehr, G. Lander, A. Roll-Mecak
{"title":"Spastin hexamer in complex with substrate","authors":"C. Sandate, A. Szyk, E. Zehr, G. Lander, A. Roll-Mecak","doi":"10.2210/PDB6P07/PDB","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2210/PDB6P07/PDB","url":null,"abstract":"The AAA+ ATPase spastin remodels microtubule arrays through severing and its mutation is the most common cause of hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSP). Polyglutamylation of the tubulin C-terminal tail recruits spastin to microtubules and modulates severing activity. Here, we present a ~3.2 A resolution cryo-EM structure of the Drosophila melanogaster spastin hexamer with a polyglutamate peptide bound in its central pore. Two electropositive loops arranged in a double-helical staircase coordinate the substrate sidechains. The structure reveals how concurrent nucleotide and substrate binding organizes the conserved spastin pore loops into an ordered network that is allosterically coupled to oligomerization, and suggests how tubulin tail engagement activates spastin for microtubule disassembly. This allosteric coupling may apply generally in organizing AAA+ protein translocases into their active conformations. We show that this allosteric network is essential for severing and is a hotspot for HSP mutations. AAA+ ATPase spastin recognizes tubulin polyglutamylated C-terminal tails and severs microtubules. A cryo-EM structure of fly spastin with polyGlu reveals how spastin engages with the substrate, an activity allosterically coupled to nucleotide binding and oligomerization.","PeriodicalId":18836,"journal":{"name":"Nature Structural &Molecular Biology","volume":"26 1","pages":"671-678"},"PeriodicalIF":16.8,"publicationDate":"2019-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47517640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Martin D. Gelenter, Katelyn J. Smith, S. Liao, V. Mandala, A. Dregni, M. Lamm, Yu Tian, Wei Xu, D. Pochan, T. Tucker, Yongchao Su, M. Hong
{"title":"Dimer-of-dimer amyloid fibril structure of glucagon","authors":"Martin D. Gelenter, Katelyn J. Smith, S. Liao, V. Mandala, A. Dregni, M. Lamm, Yu Tian, Wei Xu, D. Pochan, T. Tucker, Yongchao Su, M. Hong","doi":"10.2210/PDB6NZN/PDB","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2210/PDB6NZN/PDB","url":null,"abstract":"Glucagon and insulin maintain blood glucose homeostasis and are used to treat hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia, respectively, in patients with diabetes. Whereas insulin is stable for weeks in its solution formulation, glucagon fibrillizes rapidly at the acidic pH required for solubility and is therefore formulated as a lyophilized powder that is reconstituted in an acidic solution immediately before use. Here we use solid-state NMR to determine the atomic-resolution structure of fibrils of synthetic human glucagon grown at pharmaceutically relevant low pH. Unexpectedly, two sets of chemical shifts are observed, indicating the coexistence of two β-strand conformations. The two conformations have distinct water accessibilities and intermolecular contacts, indicating that they alternate and hydrogen bond in an antiparallel fashion along the fibril axis. Two antiparallel β-sheets assemble with symmetric homodimer cross sections. This amyloid structure is stabilized by numerous aromatic, cation-π, polar and hydrophobic interactions, suggesting mutagenesis approaches to inhibit fibrillization could improve this important drug.","PeriodicalId":18836,"journal":{"name":"Nature Structural &Molecular Biology","volume":"237 1","pages":"592-598"},"PeriodicalIF":16.8,"publicationDate":"2019-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68202066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Structure of Saccharomyces cerevisiae apo Pan2 pseudoubiquitin hydrolase-RNA exonuclease (UCH-Exo) module","authors":"T. Tang, J. Stowell, C. Hill, L. Passmore","doi":"10.2210/PDB6R9I/PDB","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2210/PDB6R9I/PDB","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18836,"journal":{"name":"Nature Structural &Molecular Biology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.8,"publicationDate":"2019-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42807072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chunli Yan, T. Dodd, Yuan He, J. Tainer, S. Tsutakawa, I. Ivanov
{"title":"Structure of the human apo TFIIH","authors":"Chunli Yan, T. Dodd, Yuan He, J. Tainer, S. Tsutakawa, I. Ivanov","doi":"10.2210/PDB6O9M/PDB","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2210/PDB6O9M/PDB","url":null,"abstract":"Transcription preinitiation complexes (PICs) are vital assemblies whose function underlies the expression of protein-encoding genes. Cryo-EM advances have begun to uncover their structural organization. Nevertheless, functional analyses are hindered by incompletely modeled regions. Here we integrate all available cryo-EM data to build a practically complete human PIC structural model. This enables simulations that reveal the assembly's global motions, define PIC partitioning into dynamic communities and delineate how structural modules function together to remodel DNA. We identify key TFIIE-p62 interactions that link core-PIC to TFIIH. p62 rigging interlaces p34, p44 and XPD while capping the DNA-binding and ATP-binding sites of XPD. PIC kinks and locks substrate DNA, creating negative supercoiling within the Pol II cleft to facilitate promoter opening. Mapping disease mutations associated with xeroderma pigmentosum, trichothiodystrophy and Cockayne syndrome onto defined communities reveals clustering into three mechanistic classes that affect TFIIH helicase functions, protein interactions and interface dynamics.","PeriodicalId":18836,"journal":{"name":"Nature Structural &Molecular Biology","volume":"26 1","pages":"397-406"},"PeriodicalIF":16.8,"publicationDate":"2019-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49269752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Luke T. Dang, Y. Miao, A. Ha, K. Yuki, K. Park, C. Y. Janda, K. Jude, K. Mohan, N. Ha, Mario Vallon, Jenny Yuan, J. Vilches-Moure, C. Kuo, K. Garcia, David Baker
{"title":"Designed repeat protein in complex with Fz7","authors":"Luke T. Dang, Y. Miao, A. Ha, K. Yuki, K. Park, C. Y. Janda, K. Jude, K. Mohan, N. Ha, Mario Vallon, Jenny Yuan, J. Vilches-Moure, C. Kuo, K. Garcia, David Baker","doi":"10.2210/PDB6NE2/PDB","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2210/PDB6NE2/PDB","url":null,"abstract":"To discriminate between closely related members of a protein family that differ at a limited number of spatially distant positions is a challenge for drug discovery. We describe a combined computational design and experimental selection approach for generating binders targeting functional sites with large, shape complementary interfaces to read out subtle sequence differences for subtype-specific antagonism. Repeat proteins are computationally docked against a functionally relevant region of the target protein surface that varies in the different subtypes, and the interface sequences are optimized for affinity and specificity first computationally and then experimentally. We used this approach to generate a series of human Frizzled (Fz) subtype-selective antagonists with extensive shape complementary interaction surfaces considerably larger than those of repeat proteins selected from random libraries. In vivo administration revealed that Wnt-dependent pericentral liver gene expression involves multiple Fz subtypes, while maintenance of the intestinal crypt stem cell compartment involves only a limited subset. Chris Garcia, David Baker and colleagues use a computational approach to develop designed repeat protein binders (DRPBs), which function as human Frizzled (Fz) subtype-selective antagonists and enable identification of Fz subtypes active in different organs.","PeriodicalId":18836,"journal":{"name":"Nature Structural &Molecular Biology","volume":"26 1","pages":"407-414"},"PeriodicalIF":16.8,"publicationDate":"2019-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44986602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Osawa, T. Kotani, Tatsuya Kawaoka, Eri Hirata, Kuninori Suzuki, H. Nakatogawa, Y. Ohsumi, N. Noda
{"title":"Crystal structure of the PE-bound N-terminal domain of Atg2","authors":"T. Osawa, T. Kotani, Tatsuya Kawaoka, Eri Hirata, Kuninori Suzuki, H. Nakatogawa, Y. Ohsumi, N. Noda","doi":"10.2210/PDB6A9J/PDB","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2210/PDB6A9J/PDB","url":null,"abstract":"A key event in autophagy is autophagosome formation, whereby the newly synthesized isolation membrane (IM) expands to form a complete autophagosome using endomembrane-derived lipids. Atg2 physically links the edge of the expanding IM with the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), a role that is essential for autophagosome formation. However, the molecular function of Atg2 during ER–IM contact remains unclear, as does the mechanism of lipid delivery to the IM. Here we show that the conserved amino-terminal region of Schizosaccharomyces pombe Atg2 includes a lipid-transfer-protein-like hydrophobic cavity that accommodates phospholipid acyl chains. Atg2 bridges highly curved liposomes, thereby facilitating efficient phospholipid transfer in vitro, a function that is inhibited by mutations that impair autophagosome formation in vivo. These results suggest that Atg2 acts as a lipid-transfer protein that supplies phospholipids for autophagosome formation. Structural and biochemical data suggest that the essential autophagy protein Atg2 acts as a lipid-transfer protein that supplies phospholipids from the source organelle (especially the ER) to the isolation membranes (IMs) for autophagosome formation.","PeriodicalId":18836,"journal":{"name":"Nature Structural &Molecular Biology","volume":"26 1","pages":"281-288"},"PeriodicalIF":16.8,"publicationDate":"2019-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44575561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Frank Bürmann, Byung-Gil Lee, Thane Than, Ludwig R. Sinn, Francis J. O’Reilly, S. Yatskevich, Juri Rappsilber, Bin Hu, Kim Nasmyth, Jan Löwe
{"title":"MukB coiled-coil elbow from E. coli","authors":"Frank Bürmann, Byung-Gil Lee, Thane Than, Ludwig R. Sinn, Francis J. O’Reilly, S. Yatskevich, Juri Rappsilber, Bin Hu, Kim Nasmyth, Jan Löwe","doi":"10.2210/PDB6H2X/PDB","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2210/PDB6H2X/PDB","url":null,"abstract":"Structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC)-kleisin complexes organize chromosomal DNAs in all domains of life, with key roles in chromosome segregation, DNA repair and regulation of gene expression. They function through the entrapment and active translocation of DNA, but the underlying conformational changes are largely unclear. Using structural biology, mass spectrometry and cross-linking, we investigated the architecture of two evolutionarily distant SMC-kleisin complexes: MukBEF from Escherichia coli, and cohesin from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We show that both contain a dynamic coiled-coil discontinuity, the elbow, near the middle of their arms that permits a folded conformation. Bending at the elbow brings into proximity the hinge dimerization domain and the head-kleisin module, situated at opposite ends of the arms. Our findings favour SMC activity models that include a large conformational change in the arms, such as a relative movement between DNA contact sites during DNA loading and translocation.","PeriodicalId":18836,"journal":{"name":"Nature Structural &Molecular Biology","volume":"26 1","pages":"227-236"},"PeriodicalIF":16.8,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46867292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. K. Kimura, H. Asada, A. Inoue, F. Kadji, D. Im, C. Mori, T. Arakawa, K. Hirata, Y. Nomura, N. Nomura, J. Aoki, S. Iwata, T. Shimamura
{"title":"Crystal structure of 5-HT2AR in complex with risperidone","authors":"T. K. Kimura, H. Asada, A. Inoue, F. Kadji, D. Im, C. Mori, T. Arakawa, K. Hirata, Y. Nomura, N. Nomura, J. Aoki, S. Iwata, T. Shimamura","doi":"10.2210/PDB6A93/PDB","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2210/PDB6A93/PDB","url":null,"abstract":"Many drugs target the serotonin 2A receptor (5-HT2AR), including second-generation antipsychotics that also target the dopamine D2 receptor (D2R). These drugs often produce severe side effects due to non-selective binding to other aminergic receptors. Here, we report the structures of human 5-HT2AR in complex with the second-generation antipsychotics risperidone and zotepine. These antipsychotics effectively stabilize the inactive conformation by forming direct contacts with the residues at the bottom of the ligand-binding pocket, the movements of which are important for receptor activation. 5-HT2AR is structurally similar to 5-HT2CR but possesses a unique side-extended cavity near the orthosteric binding site. A docking study and mutagenic studies suggest that a highly 5-HT2AR-selective antagonist binds the side-extended cavity. The conformation of the ligand-binding pocket in 5-HT2AR significantly differs around extracellular loops 1 and 2 from that in D2R. These findings are beneficial for the rational design of safer antipsychotics and 5-HT2AR-selective drugs.","PeriodicalId":18836,"journal":{"name":"Nature Structural &Molecular Biology","volume":"26 1","pages":"121-128"},"PeriodicalIF":16.8,"publicationDate":"2019-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48866526","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}