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氧结合的人类冷-EM结构 结合异构三元体Gi
Xiaofeng Qi1, Heng Liu2, Bonne Thompson3
1Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Nature
|June 7, 2019
概括
研究人员将24,25-环氧胆固醇确定为子通路连接体. 这一发现解释了SMO如何激活G蛋白信号和下游转录因子.
科学领域:
- 生物化学
- 分子生物学
- 细胞信号传输
背景情况:
- 刺信号通路对于发育和癌症至关重要,由Smoothed (SMO) G蛋白结合受体 (GPCR) 介导.
- SMO激活的机制,与Patched-1 (PTCH1) 的相互作用和G蛋白合在很大程度上是未知的.
- 了解这些过程对于针对疾病的途径至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了阐明底层的分子机制信号传导.
- 确定调节SMO活动的内源性配体.
- 确定SMO如何与异构G蛋白相互作用并激活下游信号.
主要方法:
- 使用冷电子显微镜 (cryo-EM) 来确定人体SMO的结构.
- 进行生物化学测试以评估体外G蛋白信号传递.
- 对PTCH1的内源性配体的鉴定.
主要成果:
- 24,25-环氧胆固醇被确定为PTCH1的内源配体,能够刺激"刺"信号.
- 一个冷-EM结构揭示了与异构三元体Gi蛋白结合的人类SMO的24(S),25-环氧胆固醇.
- 该结构阐明了SMO的新型Gi合激活机制,与A类GPCR不同.
结论:
- 24,25-环氧胆固醇是刺路径激活的一个关键分子.
- 这项研究提供了关于G蛋白合和F类GPCR (SMO) 激活的首次结构见解.
- 这项工作促进了我们对基本信号传导的理解,并提供了潜在的治疗目标.
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