Structural basis of cyclophilin B binding by the calnexin/calreticulin P-domain.

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Kozlov G, Bastos-Aristizabal S, Maattanen P, Rosenauer A, Zheng F, Killikelly A, Trempe JF, Thomas DY, Gehring K

Structural basis of cyclophilin B binding by the calnexin/calreticulin P-domain.

J Biol Chem. 2010 Nov 12;285(46):35551-7. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M110.160101. Epub 2010 Aug 27.

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Abstract

Little is known about how chaperones in the endoplasmic reticulum are organized into complexes to assist in the proper folding of secreted proteins. One notable exception is the complex of ERp57 and calnexin that functions as part the calnexin cycle to direct disulfide bond formation in N-glycoproteins. Here, we report three new complexes composed of the peptidyl prolyl cis-trans-isomerase cyclophilin B and any of the lectin chaperones: calnexin, calreticulin, or calmegin. The 1.7 A crystal structure of cyclophilin with the proline-rich P-domain of calmegin reveals that binding is mediated by the same surface that binds ERp57. We used NMR titrations and mutagenesis to measure low micromolar binding of cyclophilin to all three lectin chaperones and identify essential interfacial residues. The immunosuppressant cyclosporin A did not affect complex formation, confirming the functional independence of the P-domain binding and proline isomerization sites of cyclophilin. Our results reveal the P-domain functions as a unique protein-protein interaction domain and implicate a peptidyl prolyl isomerase as a new element in the calnexin cycle.

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Polypeptides
NameUniProt ID
CalnexinP27824Details
CalreticulinP27797Details
Peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase BP23284Details