Molecular basis for dimer formation of TRbeta variant D355R.

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Jouravel N, Sablin E, Togashi M, Baxter JD, Webb P, Fletterick RJ

Molecular basis for dimer formation of TRbeta variant D355R.

Proteins. 2009 Apr;75(1):111-7. doi: 10.1002/prot.22225.

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Abstract

Protein quality and stability are critical during protein purification for X-ray crystallography. A target protein that is easy to manipulate and crystallize becomes a valuable product useful for high-throughput crystallography for drug design and discovery. In this work, a single surface mutation, D355R, was shown to be crucial for converting the modestly stable monomeric ligand binding domain of the human thyroid hormone receptor (TR LBD) into a stable dimer. The structure of D335R TR LBD mutant was solved using X-ray crystallography and refined to 2.2 A resolution with R(free)/R values of 24.5/21.7. The crystal asymmetric unit reveals the TR dimer with two molecules of the hormone-bound LBD related by twofold symmetry. The ionic interface between the two LBDs comprises residues within loop H10-H11 and loop H6-H7 as well as the C-terminal halves of helices 8 of both protomers. Direct intermolecular contacts formed between the introduced residue Arg 355 of one TR molecule and Glu 324 of the second molecule become a part of the extended dimerization interface of 1330 A(2) characteristic for a strong complex assembly that is additionally strengthened by buffer solutes.

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Polypeptides
NameUniProt ID
Thyroid hormone receptor betaP10828Details