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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 408, Issue C, Pages 53-61Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2014.12.016
Keywords
START domain; Sterols; STARD5; STARD6; Binding site; Circular dichroism
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- Canadian Institutes of Health Research [MT-10983] Funding Source: Medline
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Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR)-related lipid transfer (START) domain proteins display diverse expression patterns and cellular localisations. They bind a large variety of lipids and sterols and are involved in lipid metabolism, lipid transfer and cell signalling. The START domain tertiary structure is an alpha-helix/beta-grip fold module of approximately 210 amino acids delimiting an internal cavity forming the binding site. However, the determinants that dictate ligand specificity and the mechanism of ligand entry and exit are ill-defined. Herein, we review and discuss the current knowledge on ligand specificity and binding mechanism of START domains. More specifically, we highlight that the conserved residues of STARDI, STARD3, STARD4, STARD5 and STARD6 START domains binding sterol play an important structural role for the global protein fold, whereas the residues forming the cavity that fits the shape of their respective ligand are divergent, suggesting their participation in ligand specificity. We also explore the potential binding of steroids to STARD6 in the context of ligand selectivity. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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