期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY
卷 42, 期 6, 页码 1019-1029出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2010.03.007
关键词
Ellipticity; Glycoprotein; Lectin; Promoter
资金
- Spanish ministry [BFU2006-10288, BFU2008-02595, CTQ10374-C02-01]
- Regional Government of Madrid [P-Bio-0214-2006]
- CIBER of Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), an initiative from ISM the Verein zur Forderung des biologisch-technologischen Fortschritts in der Medizin e. V.
- Marie Curie Research Training Network [MRTN-CT-2005-019561]
Human tandem-repeat-type galectin-9 is a potent adhesion/growth-regulatory effector via lectin capacity of its N- and C-terminal domains This bioactivity prompted further crystallographic study of the N-domain, combined with analysis in solution Binding of lactose markedly Increased the N-domain's resistance to thermal denaturation Crystallography revealed its intimate contact profile, besides detecting an extension of the beta-sandwich fold by an antiparallel beta-strand F0 aligned to the C-terminal F1 strand. Ligand accommodation in its low-energy conformation leads to a movement of Arg87's side chain As consequence, the ligand's glucose moiety and Arg87 become hydrogen bonded The resulting predictions for spatial parameters in solution were verified by determining (a) the pattern of magnetization transfer from the protein to protons of lactose and Forssman disaccharide by NMR spectroscopy and (b) the ellipticity changes at wavelengths characteristic for Trp/Tyr residues in near-UV CD spectroscopy Whereas solid-phase assays confirmed a previously noted tendency for homo- and heterotypic aggregation, gel filtration and ultracentrifugation disclosed monomeric status in solution, in line with crystallographic data Using cell mutants with defects in glycosylation, this lectin domain was shown to preferentially bind N-glycans without alpha 2,3-sialylation Since proximal promoter sequences were delineated to diverge markedly among galectin genes and resulting differences in expression profiles were exemplarily documented immunohistochemically, the intrafamily diversification appears to have assigned this protein to a characteristic expression and activity profile among galectins. Our data thus take the crystallographic information to the level of the lectin in solution and in tissues by a strategic combination of spectroscopic and cell/histochemical assays. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
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