New ligand-binding sites identified in the crystal structures of β-lactoglobulin complexes with desipramine

© Joanna I. Loch et al. 2022..

The homodimeric β-lactoglobulin belongs to the lipocalin family of proteins that transport a wide range of hydrophobic molecules and can be modified by mutagenesis to develop specificity for novel groups of ligands. In this work, new lactoglobulin variants, FAF (I56F/L39A/M107F) and FAW (I56F/L39A/M107W), were produced and their interactions with the tricyclic drug desipramine (DSM) were studied using X-ray crystallography, calorimetry (ITC) and circular dichroism (CD). The ITC and CD data showed micromolar affinity of the mutants for DSM and interactions according to the classical one-site binding model. However, the crystal structures unambiguously showed that the FAF and FAW dimers are capable of binding DSM not only inside the β-barrel as expected, but also at the dimer interface and at the entrance to the binding pocket. The presented high-resolution crystal structures therefore provide important evidence of the existence of alternative ligand-binding sites in the β-lactoglobulin molecule. Analysis of the crystal structures highlighted the importance of shape complementarity for ligand recognition and selectivity. The binding sites identified in the crystal structures of the FAF-DSM and FAW-DSM complexes together with data from the existing literature are used to establish a systematic classification of the ligand-binding sites in the β-lactoglobulin molecule.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

IUCrJ - 9(2022), Pt 3 vom: 01. Mai, Seite 386-398

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Loch, Joanna I [VerfasserIn]
Barciszewski, Jakub [VerfasserIn]
Śliwiak, Joanna [VerfasserIn]
Bonarek, Piotr [VerfasserIn]
Wróbel, Paulina [VerfasserIn]
Pokrywka, Kinga [VerfasserIn]
Shabalin, Ivan G [VerfasserIn]
Minor, Wladek [VerfasserIn]
Jaskolski, Mariusz [VerfasserIn]
Lewiński, Krzysztof [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

β-lactoglobulin
Desipramine
Journal Article
Ligand-binding sites

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Date Revised 16.07.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1107/S2052252522004183

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM34074958X