Structural Integrity of the A147T Polymorph of Mammalian TSPO.
Jaremko, M., Jaremko, M., Giller, K., Becker, S., Zweckstetter, M.(2015) Chembiochem 16: 1483-1489
- PubMed: 25974690 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.201500217
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
2N02 - PubMed Abstract: 
Ligands of the transmembrane protein TSPO are used for imaging of brain inflammation, but a common polymorphism in TSPO complicates their application to humans. Here we determined the three-dimensional structure and side-chain dynamics of the A147T polymorph of mammalian TSPO in complex with the first-generation ligand PK11195. We show that A147T TSPO is able to retain the same structural and dynamic profile as the wild-type protein and thus binds PK11195 with comparable affinity. Our study is important for the design of more potent diagnostic and therapeutic ligands of TSPO.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department for NMR-Based Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen (Germany).