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Gross LZF, Winkel AF, Galceran F, Schulze JO, Fröhner W, Cämmerer S, Zeuzem S, Engel M, Leroux AE, Biondi RM. Molecular insights into the regulatory landscape of PKC-related kinase-2 (PRK2/PKN2) using targeted small compounds. J Biol Chem 2024; 300:107550. [PMID: 39002682 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2024] [Revised: 06/07/2024] [Accepted: 06/24/2024] [Indexed: 07/15/2024] Open
Abstract
The PKC-related kinases (PRKs, also termed PKNs) are important in cell migration, cancer, hepatitis C infection, and nutrient sensing. They belong to a group of protein kinases called AGC kinases that share common features like a C-terminal extension to the catalytic domain comprising a hydrophobic motif. PRKs are regulated by N-terminal domains, a pseudosubstrate sequence, Rho-binding domains, and a C2 domain involved in inhibition and dimerization, while Rho and lipids are activators. We investigated the allosteric regulation of PRK2 and its interaction with its upstream kinase PDK1 using a chemical biology approach. We confirmed the phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase 1 (PDK1)-interacting fragment (PIF)-mediated docking interaction of PRK2 with PDK1 and showed that this interaction can be modulated allosterically. We showed that the polypeptide PIFtide and a small compound binding to the PIF-pocket of PRK2 were allosteric activators, by displacing the pseudosubstrate PKL region from the active site. In addition, a small compound binding to the PIF-pocket allosterically inhibited the catalytic activity of PRK2. Together, we confirmed the docking interaction and allostery between PRK2 and PDK1 and described an allosteric communication between the PIF-pocket and the active site of PRK2, both modulating the conformation of the ATP-binding site and the pseudosubstrate PKL-binding site. Our study highlights the allosteric modulation of the activity and the conformation of PRK2 in addition to the existence of at least two different complexes between PRK2 and its upstream kinase PDK1. Finally, the study highlights the potential for developing allosteric drugs to modulate PRK2 kinase conformations and catalytic activity.
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, University of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, University of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, University of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- IBioBA-CONICET-MPSP, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Department of Internal Medicine I, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
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Bousova K, Bednarova L, Zouharova M, Vetyskova V, Postulkova K, Hofbauerová K, Petrvalska O, Vanek O, Tripsianes K, Vondrasek J. The order of PDZ3 and TrpCage in fusion chimeras determines their properties-a biophysical characterization. Protein Sci 2021; 30:1653-1666. [PMID: 33969912 DOI: 10.1002/pro.4107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2021] [Revised: 05/06/2021] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Most of the structural proteins known today are composed of domains that carry their own functions while keeping their structural properties. It is supposed that such domains, when taken out of the context of the whole protein, can retain their original structure and function to a certain extent. Information on the specific functional and structural characteristics of individual domains in a new context of artificial fusion proteins may help to reveal the rules of internal and external domain communication. Moreover, this could also help explain the mechanism of such communication and address how the mutual allosteric effect plays a role in a such multi-domain protein system. The simple model system of the two-domain fusion protein investigated in this work consisted of a well-folded PDZ3 domain and an artificially designed small protein domain called Tryptophan Cage (TrpCage). Two fusion proteins with swapped domain order were designed to study their structural and functional features as well as their biophysical properties. The proteins composed of PDZ3 and TrpCage, both identical in amino acid sequence but different in composition (PDZ3-TrpCage, TrpCage-PDZ3), were studied using circualr dichroism (CD) spectrometry, analytical ultracentrifugation, and molecular dynamic simulations. The biophysical analysis uncovered different structural and denaturation properties of both studied proteins, revealing their different unfolding pathways and dynamics.
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- Kristyna Bousova
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 6, Czech Republic.,Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague 5, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 6, Czech Republic.,Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 6, Czech Republic.,Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague 5, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague 2, Czech Republic.,Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 4, Czech Republic
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- Department of Structural Biology of Signalling Proteins, Division BIOCEV, Institute of Physiology, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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Mendes LFS, Batista MRB, Judge PJ, Watts A, Redfield C, Costa-Filho AJ. Conformational flexibility of GRASPs and their constituent PDZ subdomains reveals structural basis of their promiscuous interactome. FEBS J 2020; 287:3255-3272. [PMID: 31920006 DOI: 10.1111/febs.15206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2019] [Revised: 11/19/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Abstract
The Golgi complex is a central component of the secretory pathway, responsible for several critical cellular functions in eukaryotes. The complex is organized by the Golgi matrix that includes the Golgi reassembly and stacking protein (GRASP), which was shown to be involved in cisternae stacking and lateral linkage in metazoan. GRASPs also have critical roles in other processes, with an unusual ability to interact with several different binding partners. The conserved N terminus of the GRASP family includes two PSD-95, DLG, and ZO-1 (PDZ) domains. Previous crystallographic studies of orthologues suggest that PDZ1 and PDZ2 have similar conformations and secondary structure content. However, PDZ1 alone mediates nearly all interactions between GRASPs and their partners. In this work, NMR, synchrotron radiation CD, and molecular dynamics (MD) were used to examine the structure, flexibility, and stability of the two constituent PDZ domains. GRASP PDZs are structured in an unusual β3 α1 β4 β5 α2 β6 β1 β2 secondary structural arrangement and NMR data indicate that the PDZ1 binding pocket is formed by a stable β2 -strand and a more flexible and unstable α2 -helix, suggesting an explanation for the higher PDZ1 promiscuity. The conformational free energy profiles of the two PDZ domains were calculated using MD simulations. The data suggest that, after binding, the protein partner significantly reduces the conformational space that GRASPs can access by stabilizing one particular conformation, in a partner-dependent fashion. The structural flexibility of PDZ1, modulated by PDZ2, and the coupled, coordinated movement between the two PDZs enable GRASPs to interact with multiple partners, allowing them to function as promiscuous, multitasking proteins.
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- Luis Felipe S Mendes
- Molecular Biophysics Laboratory, Ribeirão Preto School of Philosophy, Sciences and Literature, Physics Department, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.,Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, UK
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- Molecular Biophysics Laboratory, Ribeirão Preto School of Philosophy, Sciences and Literature, Physics Department, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, UK
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- Molecular Biophysics Laboratory, Ribeirão Preto School of Philosophy, Sciences and Literature, Physics Department, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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Dicks M, Kock G, Kohl B, Zhong X, Pütz S, Heumann R, Erdmann KS, Stoll R. The binding affinity of PTPN13's tandem PDZ2/3 domain is allosterically modulated. BMC Mol Cell Biol 2019; 20:23. [PMID: 31286859 PMCID: PMC6615252 DOI: 10.1186/s12860-019-0203-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Accepted: 06/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Protein tyrosine phosphatase PTPN13, also known as PTP-BL in mice, is a large multi-domain non-transmembrane scaffolding protein with a molecular mass of 270 kDa. It is involved in the regulation of several cellular processes such as cytokinesis and actin-cytoskeletal rearrangement. The modular structure of PTPN13 consists of an N-terminal KIND domain, a FERM domain, and five PDZ domains, followed by a C-terminal protein tyrosine phosphatase domain. PDZ domains are among the most abundant protein modules and they play a crucial role in signal transduction of protein networks. Results Here, we have analysed the binding characteristics of the isolated PDZ domains 2 and 3 from PTPN13 and compared them to the tandem domain PDZ2/3, which interacts with 12 C-terminal residues of the tumour suppressor protein of APC, using heteronuclear multidimensional NMR spectroscopy. Furthermore, we could show for the first time that PRK2 is a weak binding partner of PDZ2 and we demonstrate that the presence of PDZ3 alters the binding affinity of PDZ2 for APC, suggesting an allosteric effect and thereby modulating the binding characteristics of PDZ2. A HADDOCK-based molecular model of the PDZ2/3 tandem domain from PTPN13 supports these results. Conclusions Our study of tandem PDZ2/3 in complex with APC suggests that the interaction of PDZ3 with PDZ2 induces an allosteric modulation within PDZ2 emanating from the back of the domain to the ligand binding site. Thus, the modified binding preference of PDZ2 for APC could be explained by an allosteric effect and provides further evidence for the pivotal function of PDZ2 in the PDZ123 domain triplet within PTPN13.
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- Markus Dicks
- Biomolecular NMR, Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr-University of Bochum, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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- Biomolecular NMR, Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr-University of Bochum, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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- Biomolecular NMR, Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr-University of Bochum, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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- Biomolecular NMR, Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr-University of Bochum, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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- Biomolecular NMR, Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr-University of Bochum, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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- Biochemistry II, Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr-University of Bochum, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, S10 2TN, Sheffield, UK
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- Biomolecular NMR, Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr-University of Bochum, 44780, Bochum, Germany.
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