Download MendeleyEnhanced selectivity for sulfatide by engineered human glycolipid transfer protein.
Samygina, V.R., Popov, A.N., Cabo-Bilbao, A., Ochoa-Lizarralde, B., Goni-de-Cerio, F., Zhai, X., Molotkovsky, J.G., Patel, D.J., Brown, R.E., Malinina, L.(2011) Structure 19: 1644-1654
- PubMed: 22078563
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2011.09.011
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
3RIC, 3RWV, 3RZN, 3S0I, 3S0K - PubMed Abstract:
Human glycolipid transfer protein (GLTP) fold represents a novel structural motif for lipid binding/transfer and reversible membrane translocation. GLTPs transfer glycosphingolipids (GSLs) that are key regulators of cell growth, division, surface adhesion, and neurodevelopment. Herein, we report structure-guided engineering of the lipid binding features of GLTP. New crystal structures of wild-type GLTP and two mutants (D48V and A47D‖D48V), each containing bound N-nervonoyl-sulfatide, reveal the molecular basis for selective anchoring of sulfatide (3-O-sulfo-galactosylceramide) by D48V-GLTP. Directed point mutations of "portal entrance" residues, A47 and D48, reversibly regulate sphingosine access to the hydrophobic pocket via a mechanism that could involve homodimerization. "Door-opening" conformational changes by phenylalanines within the hydrophobic pocket are revealed during lipid encapsulation by new crystal structures of bona fide apo-GLTP and GLTP complexed with N-oleoyl-glucosylceramide. The development of "engineered GLTPs" with enhanced specificity for select GSLs provides a potential new therapeutic approach for targeting GSL-mediated pathologies.
Organizational Affiliation:
Structural Biology Unit, CIC bioGUNE, Technology Park of Bizkaia, 48160 Derio-Bilbao, Spain.
