ニワトリROS1受容体のNEL/NICOLリガンド複合体による活性化の構造的洞察
Weidong An1, Xuewu Zhang2,3, Xiao-Chen Bai4,5
1Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Nature communications
|February 24, 2026
まとめ
受容体チロシンキナーゼROS1
科学分野:
- 生化学
- 構造生物学
- 細胞シグナル伝達
背景:
- 受容体チロシンキナーゼROS1は、細胞増殖と精子成熟に不可欠である。
- ROS1の活性化メカニズムは十分に理解されていなかった。
研究 の 目的:
- ROS1の活性化メカニズムを解明すること。
- リガンドであるNELおよび共同リガンドであるNICOLによるROS1活性化の構造的基盤を決定すること。
主な方法:
- 高解像度クライオ電子顕微鏡(cryo-EM)を用いて、ニワトリROS1の構造を決定した。
- 構造解析と生化学的および機能的アッセイを組み合わせた。
主要な成果:
- 非リガンド結合型ROS1は弓形のコンフォメーションをとる。
- NELはVWC2ドメインとROS1のβ1ドメインを介してROS1に結合する。
- NICOLがNELに結合すると、非対称なNEL二量体を安定化させ、1つのROS1分子をリクルートする。
- NEL/NICOL複合体はLamG-VWC4相互作用を介してオリゴマー化し、複数のROS1分子をクラスター化する。
- ROS1シグナル伝達にはNICOLおよびNEL/NICOL複合体のマルチマー化の両方が不可欠である。
結論:
- NICOLはROS1活性化に不可欠な共同リガンドである。
- ROS1活性化は、明確なリガンド駆動型オリゴマー化メカニズムを介して起こる。
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