3MNP

Crystal structure of the agonist form of mouse glucocorticoid receptor stabilized by (A611V, V708A, E711G) mutations at 1.50A


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.50 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.201 
  • R-Value Work: 0.183 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.184 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

Enhancing the stability and solubility of the glucocorticoid receptor ligand-binding domain by high-throughput library screening.

Seitz, T.Thoma, R.Schoch, G.A.Stihle, M.Benz, J.D'Arcy, B.Wiget, A.Ruf, A.Hennig, M.Sterner, R.

(2010) J Mol Biol 403: 562-577

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2010.08.048
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3MNE, 3MNO, 3MNP

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    The human glucocorticoid receptor ligand-binding domain (hGR-LBD) is an important drug target for the treatment of various diseases. However, the low intrinsic stability and solubility of hGR-LBD have rendered its purification and biophysical characterization difficult. In order to overcome these problems, we have stabilized hGR-LBD by a combination of random mutagenesis and high-throughput screening using fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) with enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) as folding reporter. Two plasmid-encoded gene libraries of hGR-LBD fused to the egfp gene were expressed in Escherichia coli, followed by eight rounds of FACS screening, in each of which 10(8) cells were analyzed. The hgr-lbd mutants isolated by this approach contained numerous amino acid exchanges, and four beneficial ones (A605V, V702A, E705G, and M752T) were followed up in detail. Their characterization showed that the fluorescence of hGR-LBD-eGFP fusions is correlated linearly with the stability and solubility of hGR-LBD in the absence of eGFP. When combined, the four exchanges increased the thermal stability of hGR-LBD by more than 8 °C and enhanced its purification yield after expression in E. coli by about 26-fold. The introduction of three beneficial exchanges into the homologous ligand-binding domain of mouse enabled its X-ray structure determination at high resolution, which showed how the exchanges stabilize the protein and revealed atomic details that will guide future drug design. Our results demonstrate that large eGFP fusion libraries can be screened by FACS with extreme sensitivity and efficiency, yielding stabilized eukaryotic proteins suitable for biophysical characterization and structure determination.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 31, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Glucocorticoid receptor261Mus musculusMutation(s): 3 
Gene Names: Nr3c1GrlGrl1
UniProt
Find proteins for P06537 (Mus musculus)
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UniProt GroupP06537
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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Nuclear receptor coactivator 2 peptide13Mus musculusMutation(s): 0 
UniProt & NIH Common Fund Data Resources
Find proteins for Q61026 (Mus musculus)
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IMPC:  MGI:1276533
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UniProt GroupQ61026
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Small Molecules
Binding Affinity Annotations 
IDSourceBinding Affinity
DEX BindingDB:  3MNP Ki: min: 0.69, max: 6.8 (nM) from 9 assay(s)
Kd: min: 2, max: 19 (nM) from 3 assay(s)
IC50: min: 0.5, max: 22 (nM) from 33 assay(s)
EC50: min: 0.1, max: 30 (nM) from 22 assay(s)
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.50 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.201 
  • R-Value Work: 0.183 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.184 
  • Space Group: P 65
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 72.089α = 90
b = 72.089β = 90
c = 128.827γ = 120
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
PHASERphasing
BUSTER-TNTrefinement

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2010-09-15
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2023-09-06
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Refinement description