3FC0

1.8 A crystal structure of murine GITR ligand dimer expressed in Drosophila melanogaster S2 cells


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.76 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.262 
  • R-Value Work: 0.224 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.226 

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Literature

1.8 A structure of murine GITR ligand dimer expressed in Drosophila melanogaster S2 cells.

Chattopadhyay, K.Ramagopal, U.A.Nathenson, S.G.Almo, S.C.

(2009) Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 65: 434-439

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S0907444909005721
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3FC0

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Glucocorticoid-induced TNF receptor ligand (GITRL), a prominent member of the TNF superfamily, activates its receptor on both effector and regulatory T cells to generate critical costimulatory signals that have been implicated in a wide range of T-cell immune functions. The crystal structures of murine and human orthologs of GITRL recombinantly expressed in Escherichia coli have previously been determined. In contrast to all classical TNF structures, including the human GITRL structure, murine GITRL demonstrated a unique ;strand-exchanged' dimeric organization. Such a novel assembly behavior indicated a dramatic impact on receptor activation as well as on the signaling mechanism associated with the murine GITRL costimulatory system. In this present work, the 1.8 A resolution crystal structure of murine GITRL expressed in Drosophila melanogaster S2 cells is reported. The eukaryotic protein-expression system allows transport of the recombinant protein into the extracellular culture medium, thus maximizing the possibility of obtaining correctly folded material devoid of any folding/assembly artifacts that are often suspected with E. coli-expressed proteins. The S2 cell-expressed murine GITRL adopts an identical ;strand-exchanged' dimeric structure to that observed for the E. coli-expressed protein, thus conclusively demonstrating the novel quaternary structure assembly behavior of murine GITRL.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
GITR ligand
A, B
139Mus musculusMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: Tnfsf18Gitrl
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Go to UniProtKB:  Q7TS55
IMPC:  MGI:2673064
Entity Groups  
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UniProt GroupQ7TS55
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  • Reference Sequence
Small Molecules
Ligands 1 Unique
IDChains Name / Formula / InChI Key2D Diagram3D Interactions
ACT
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C [auth A]ACETATE ION
C2 H3 O2
QTBSBXVTEAMEQO-UHFFFAOYSA-M
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.76 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.262 
  • R-Value Work: 0.224 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.226 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 21
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 52.609α = 90
b = 69.293β = 90
c = 73.994γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
DENZOdata reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling
REFMACrefinement
PDB_EXTRACTdata extraction
HKL-2000data reduction
HKL-2000data scaling
PHASERphasing

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2008-12-30
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2017-11-01
    Changes: Refinement description
  • Version 1.3: 2023-09-06
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Refinement description