Determination of the Human Type I Interferon Receptor Binding Site on Human Interferon-alpha2 by Cross Saturation and an Nmr-based Model of the Complex.
From: Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel.
Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society
- Publish Date: Nov 2006
- ISSN: 0961-8368
- Volume: 15
- Issue: 11
- Pages: 2656-68
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Quadt-Akabayov Sabine R, Chill Jordan H, Levy Rina, et al. Determination of the Human Type I Interferon Receptor Binding Site on Human Interferon-alpha2 by Cross Saturation and an Nmr-based Model of the Complex.. Protein Sci. Nov 2006;15:2656-68
Abstract
Type I interferons (IFNs) are a family of homologous helical cytokines that exhibit pleiotropic effects on a wide variety of cell types, including antiviral activity and antibacterial, antiprozoal, immunomodulatory, and cell growth regulatory functions. Consequently, IFNs are the human proteins most widely used in the treatment of several kinds of cancer, hepatitis C, and multiple sclerosis. All type I IFNs bind to a cell surface receptor consisting of two subunits, IFNAR1 and IFNAR2, associating upon binding of interferon. The structure of the extracellular domain of IFNAR2 (R2-EC) was solved recently. Here we study the complex and the binding interface of IFNalpha2 with R2-EC using multidimensional NMR techniques. NMR shows that IFNalpha2 does not undergo significant structural changes upon binding to its receptor, suggesting a lock-and-key mechanism for binding. Cross saturation experiments were used to determine the receptor binding site upon IFNalpha2. The NMR data and previously published mutagenesis data were used to derive a docking model of the complex with an RMSD of 1 Angstrom, and its well-defined orientation between IFNalpha2 and R2-EC and the structural quality greatly improve upon previously suggested models. The relative ligand-receptor orientation is believed to be important for interferon signaling and possibly one of the parameters that distinguish the different IFN I subtypes. This structural information provides important insight into interferon signaling processes and may allow improvement in the development of therapeutically used IFNs and IFN-like molecules.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Amino Acid Sequence, Binding Sites, Humans, Imaging, Three-Dimensional, Interferon-alpha, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Models, Molecular, Molecular Sequence Data, Multiprotein Complexes, Protein Binding, Protein Structure, Secondary, Receptor, Interferon alpha-beta
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