Anti-apoptotic BCL-2 regulation by changes in dynamics of its long unstructured loop

BCL-2, a key protein in inhibiting apoptosis, has a 65-residue-long highly flexible loop domain (FLD) located on the opposite side of its ligand-binding groove. In vivo phosphorylation of the FLD enhances the affinity of BCL-2 for pro-apoptotic ligands, and consequently anti-apoptotic activity. However, it remains unknown as to how the faraway, unstructured FLD modulates the affinity. Here we investigate the protein-ligand interactions by fluorescence techniques and monitor protein dynamics by DEER and NMR spectroscopy tools. We show that phosphomimetic mutations on the FLD lead to a reduction in structural flexibility, hence promoting ligand access to the groove. The bound pro-apoptotic ligands can be displaced by the BCL-2-selective inhibitor ABT-199 efficiently, and thus released to trigger apoptosis. We show that changes in structural flexibility on an unstructured loop can activate an allosteric protein that is otherwise structurally inactive.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:3

Enthalten in:

Communications biology - 3(2020), 1 vom: 12. Nov., Seite 668

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lan, Yu-Jing [VerfasserIn]
Yeh, Pei-Shan [VerfasserIn]
Kao, Te-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Lo, Yuan-Chao [VerfasserIn]
Sue, Shih-Che [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yu-Wen [VerfasserIn]
Hwang, Dennis W [VerfasserIn]
Chiang, Yun-Wei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

BCL2 protein, human
Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic
Journal Article
Ligands
N54AIC43PW
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2
Recombinant Proteins
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Sulfonamides
Venetoclax

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 28.06.2021

Date Revised 30.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s42003-020-01390-6

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM317519018