StructurePub Date : 2024-12-19DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2024.11.017
Sven Larsen-Ledet, Søren Lindemose, Aleksandra Panfilova, Sarah Gersing, Caroline H. Suhr, Aitana Victoria Genzor, Heleen Lanters, Sofie V. Nielsen, Kresten Lindorff-Larsen, Jakob R. Winther, Amelie Stein, Rasmus Hartmann-Petersen
{"title":"Systematic characterization of indel variants using a yeast-based protein folding sensor","authors":"Sven Larsen-Ledet, Søren Lindemose, Aleksandra Panfilova, Sarah Gersing, Caroline H. Suhr, Aitana Victoria Genzor, Heleen Lanters, Sofie V. Nielsen, Kresten Lindorff-Larsen, Jakob R. Winther, Amelie Stein, Rasmus Hartmann-Petersen","doi":"10.1016/j.str.2024.11.017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2024.11.017","url":null,"abstract":"Gene variants resulting in insertions or deletions of amino acid residues (indels) have important consequences for evolution and are often linked to disease, yet, compared to missense variants, the effects of indels are poorly understood and predicted. We developed a sensitive protein folding sensor based on the complementation of uracil auxotrophy in yeast by circular permutated orotate phosphoribosyltransferase (CPOP). The sensor reports on the folding of disease-linked missense variants and <em>de</em>-<em>novo</em>-designed proteins. Applying the folding sensor to a saturated library of single-residue indels in human dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) revealed that most regions that tolerate indels are confined to internal loops, the termini, and a central α helix. Several indels are temperature sensitive, and folding is rescued upon binding to methotrexate. Rosetta and AlphaFold2 predictions correlate with the observed effects, suggesting that most indels destabilize the native fold and that these computational tools are useful for the classification of indels observed in population sequencing.","PeriodicalId":22168,"journal":{"name":"Structure","volume":"87 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142849500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
StructurePub Date : 2024-12-19DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2024.11.016
Reza Kolasangiani, Khashayar Farzanian, Yunfeng Chen, Martin A. Schwartz, Tamara C. Bidone
{"title":"Conformational response of αIIbβ3 and αVβ3 integrins to force","authors":"Reza Kolasangiani, Khashayar Farzanian, Yunfeng Chen, Martin A. Schwartz, Tamara C. Bidone","doi":"10.1016/j.str.2024.11.016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2024.11.016","url":null,"abstract":"As major adhesion receptors, integrins transmit biochemical and mechanical signals across the plasma membrane. These functions are regulated by transitions between bent and extended conformations and modulated by force. To understand how force on integrins mediates cellular mechanosensing, we compared two highly homologous integrins, α<sub>IIb</sub>β<sub>3</sub> and α<sub>V</sub>β<sub>3</sub>. These integrins, expressed in circulating platelets vs. solid tissues, respectively, share the β<sub>3</sub> subunit, bind similar ligands and have similar bent and extended conformations. Here, we report that in cells expressing equivalent levels of each integrin, α<sub>IIb</sub>β<sub>3</sub> mediates spreading on softer substrates than α<sub>V</sub>β<sub>3</sub>. These effects correlate with differences in structural dynamics of the two integrins under force. All-atom simulations show that α<sub>IIb</sub>β<sub>3</sub> is more flexible than α<sub>V</sub>β<sub>3</sub> due to correlated residue motions within the α subunit domains. Single molecule measurements confirm that α<sub>IIb</sub>β<sub>3</sub> extends faster than α<sub>V</sub>β<sub>3</sub>. These results reveal a fundamental relationship between protein function and structural dynamics in cell mechanosensing.","PeriodicalId":22168,"journal":{"name":"Structure","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142849503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
StructurePub Date : 2024-12-17DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2024.11.015
Anna D. Burtseva, Timur N. Baymukhametov, Maxim A. Bolshakov, Zoya К. Makhneva, Andrey V. Mardanov, Andrey M. Tsedilin, Huawei Zhang, Vladimir.O. Popov, Aleksandr A. Ashikhmin, Konstantin M. Boyko
{"title":"Near-atomic cryo-EM structure of the light-harvesting complex LH2 from the sulfur purple bacterium Ectothiorhodospira haloalkaliphila","authors":"Anna D. Burtseva, Timur N. Baymukhametov, Maxim A. Bolshakov, Zoya К. Makhneva, Andrey V. Mardanov, Andrey M. Tsedilin, Huawei Zhang, Vladimir.O. Popov, Aleksandr A. Ashikhmin, Konstantin M. Boyko","doi":"10.1016/j.str.2024.11.015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2024.11.015","url":null,"abstract":"Bacteria with the simplest system for solar energy absorption and conversion use various types of light-harvesting complexes for these purposes. Light-harvesting complex 2 (LH2), an important component of the bacterial photosynthetic apparatus, has been structurally well characterized among purple non-sulfur bacteria. In contrast, so far only one high-resolution LH2 structure from sulfur bacteria is known. Here, we report the near-atomic resolution cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM) structure of the LH2 complex from the purple sulfur bacterium <em>Ectothiorhodospira haloalkaliphila</em>, which allowed us to determine the predominant polypeptide composition of this complex and the identification of the most probable type of its carotenoid. Comparison of our structure with the only known LH2 complex from a sulfur bacterium revealed severe differences in the overall ring-like organization. Expanding the architectural universe of bacterial light-harvesting complexes, our results demonstrate that, as observed for non-sulfur bacteria, the LH2 complexes of sulfur bacteria may also exhibit various types of spatial organization.","PeriodicalId":22168,"journal":{"name":"Structure","volume":"48 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142832784","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
StructurePub Date : 2024-12-11DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2024.11.013
Alexandra Houser, Isabelle Baconguis
{"title":"Structural insights into subunit-dependent functional regulation in epithelial sodium channels","authors":"Alexandra Houser, Isabelle Baconguis","doi":"10.1016/j.str.2024.11.013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2024.11.013","url":null,"abstract":"Epithelial sodium channels (ENaCs) play a crucial role in Na<sup>+</sup> reabsorption in mammals. To date, four subunits have been identified—α, β, γ, and δ—believed to form different heteromeric complexes. Currently, only the structure of the αβγ complex is known. To investigate the formation of channels with different subunit compositions and to determine how each subunit contributes to distinct channel properties, we co-expressed human δ, β, and γ. Using single-particle cryoelectron microscopy, we observed three distinct ENaC complexes. The structures unveil a pattern in which β and γ positions are conserved among the different complexes while the α position in αβγ trimer is occupied by either δ or another β. The δ subunit induces structural rearrangements in the γ subunit, which may contribute to the differences in channel activity between αβγ and δβγ channels. These structural changes provide molecular insights into how ENaC subunit composition modulates channel function.","PeriodicalId":22168,"journal":{"name":"Structure","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142804853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
StructurePub Date : 2024-12-10DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2024.11.011
Alexander M. Barclay, Moses H. Milchberg, Owen A. Warmuth, Marcus D. Tuttle, Christopher J. Dennis, Charles D. Schwieters, Chad M. Rienstra
{"title":"Automated fibril structure calculations in Xplor-NIH","authors":"Alexander M. Barclay, Moses H. Milchberg, Owen A. Warmuth, Marcus D. Tuttle, Christopher J. Dennis, Charles D. Schwieters, Chad M. Rienstra","doi":"10.1016/j.str.2024.11.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2024.11.011","url":null,"abstract":"Amyloid fibrils are protein assemblies that are pathologically linked to neurodegenerative diseases. Fibril structures can aid development of highly specific ligands for diagnostic imaging and therapeutics. Solid-state NMR (SSNMR) is a viable approach to solving fibril structures; however, most SSNMR protocols require manual analysis of extensive spectral data, presenting a major bottleneck to determining structures. Standard automation; routines fall short for symmetric multimeric assemblies like amyloids due to high cross peak degeneracy and the need to account for multiple protein subunits. Here, we employ the probabilistic assignment for structure determination protocol in conjunction with strict; symmetry in Xplor-NIH structure determination software, demonstrating the methodology using data from a previous structure of an α-synuclein (Asyn) fibril implicated in Parkinson disease. The automated protocol generated a structure of comparable, if not superior, quality in a few days of computational time, reducing the manual effort required; to solve amyloid structures by SSNMR.","PeriodicalId":22168,"journal":{"name":"Structure","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142797529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
StructurePub Date : 2024-12-09DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2024.11.009
Yunlong Qiu, Yiwei Gao, Qinru Bai, Yan Zhao
{"title":"Ion coupling and inhibitory mechanisms of the human presynaptic high-affinity choline transporter CHT1","authors":"Yunlong Qiu, Yiwei Gao, Qinru Bai, Yan Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.str.2024.11.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2024.11.009","url":null,"abstract":"In cholinergic neurons, choline is the precursor of the excitatory neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ACh), which plays a fundamental role in the brain. The high-affinity choline transporter, CHT1, mediates the efficient recycling of choline to facilitate ACh synthesis in the presynapse. Here, we report high-resolution cryoelectron microscopic (cryo-EM) structures of CHT1 in complex with the inhibitors HC-3 and ML352, the substrate choline, and a substrate-free state. Our structures show distinct binding modes of the inhibitors with different chemical structures, revealing their inhibition mechanisms. Additionally, we observed a chloride ion that directly interacts with the substrate choline, thereby stabilizing its binding with CHT1. Two sodium ions, Na2 and Na3, were clearly identified, which we speculate might be involved in substrate binding and conformational transitions, respectively. Our structures provide molecular insights into the coupling mechanism of ion binding with substrate binding and conformational transitions, promoting our understanding of the ion-coupled substrate transport mechanism.","PeriodicalId":22168,"journal":{"name":"Structure","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142793553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
StructurePub Date : 2024-12-09DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2024.11.010
Alzbeta Dikunova, Nikola Noskova, Jan H. Overbeck, Martin Polak, David Stelzig, David Zapletal, Karel Kubicek, Jiri Novacek, Remco Sprangers, Richard Stefl
{"title":"Assembly of the Xrn2/Rat1–Rai1–Rtt103 termination complexes in mesophilic and thermophilic organisms","authors":"Alzbeta Dikunova, Nikola Noskova, Jan H. Overbeck, Martin Polak, David Stelzig, David Zapletal, Karel Kubicek, Jiri Novacek, Remco Sprangers, Richard Stefl","doi":"10.1016/j.str.2024.11.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2024.11.010","url":null,"abstract":"The 5′–3′ exoribonuclease Xrn2, known as Rat1 in yeasts, terminates mRNA transcription by RNA polymerase II (RNAPII). In the torpedo model of termination, the activity of Xrn2/Rat1 is enhanced by Rai1, which is recruited to the termination site by Rtt103, an adaptor protein binding to the RNAPII C-terminal domain (CTD). The overall architecture of the Xrn2/Rat1-Rai1-Rtt103 complex remains unknown. We combined structural biology methods to characterize the torpedo complex from <em>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</em> and <em>Chaetomium thermophilum</em>. Comparison of the structures from these organisms revealed a conserved protein core fold of the subunits, but significant variability in their interaction interfaces. We found that in the mesophile, Rtt103 utilizes an unstructured region to augment a Rai1 β-sheet, while in the thermophile Rtt103 binds to a C-terminal helix of Rai1 via its CTD-interacting domain with an α-helical fold. These different torpedo complex assemblies reflect adaptations to the environment and impact complex recruitment to RNAPII.","PeriodicalId":22168,"journal":{"name":"Structure","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142793552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
StructurePub Date : 2024-12-06DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2024.11.008
Yanyan Zhao, Michael F. Schmid, Wah Chiu
{"title":"Cost-benefit analysis of cryogenic electron tomography subtomogram averaging of chaperonin MmCpn at near atomic resolution","authors":"Yanyan Zhao, Michael F. Schmid, Wah Chiu","doi":"10.1016/j.str.2024.11.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2024.11.008","url":null,"abstract":"Cryogenic electron microscopy single particle analysis (cryoEM-SPA) has evolved into a routine approach for determining macromolecule structures to near-atomic resolution. Cryogenic electron tomography subtomogram averaging (cryoET-STA) toward a similar resolution, in contrast, is still under active development. Here, we use the archeal chaperonin MmCpn as a model macromolecule to quantitatively investigate the resolution limiting factors of cryoET-STA in terms of cumulative electron dose, ice thickness, subtomogram numbers, and tilt angle ranges. By delineating the feasibility and experimental factors of attaining near atomic resolution structure with cryoET-STA, especially the effect of electron damage through the tilt series and inelastic scattering at various ice thickness, we encourage a customized tilt series collection strategy for efficient throughput. This study provides a biophysical basis for the application of cryoET-STA (for highly symmetric molecules like MmCpn) toward high resolution and the rationales in using cryoET-STA to achieve an efficient outcome at the desired resolution.","PeriodicalId":22168,"journal":{"name":"Structure","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142782657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
StructurePub Date : 2024-12-05DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2024.11.007
Wei-Feng Xue
{"title":"Trace_y: Software algorithms for structural analysis of individual helical filaments by three-dimensional contact point reconstruction atomic force microscopy","authors":"Wei-Feng Xue","doi":"10.1016/j.str.2024.11.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2024.11.007","url":null,"abstract":"Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a powerful and increasingly accessible technology that has a wide range of bio-imaging applications. AFM is capable of producing detailed three-dimensional topographical images with high signal-to-noise ratio, which enables the structural features of individual molecules to be studied without the need for ensemble averaging. Here, a software tool Trace_y, designed to reconstruct the three-dimensional surface envelopes of individual helical filament structures from topographical AFM images, is presented. Workflow using Trace_y is demonstrated on the structural analysis of individual helical amyloid protein fibrils where the assembly mechanism of heterogeneous, complex and diverse fibril populations due to structural polymorphism is not understood. The algorithms presented here allow structural information encoded in topographical AFM height images to be extracted and understood as three-dimensional (3D) contact point clouds. This approach will facilitate the use of AFM in structural biology to understand molecular structures and behaviors at individual molecule level.","PeriodicalId":22168,"journal":{"name":"Structure","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142776742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
StructurePub Date : 2024-12-05DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2024.11.003
{"title":"The universal Rhs shell structure accommodates various toxins inside and different functional decorations on the outside","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.str.2024.11.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2024.11.003","url":null,"abstract":"In this issue of Structure, Kielkopf et al.1 report the crystal structures of Rhs proteins that are genetically fused to the type VI secretion system …","PeriodicalId":22168,"journal":{"name":"Structure","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142776459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}