Department of Pharmacology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA.
Department of Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2021 May 14;553:180-186. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.03.047. Epub 2021 Mar 24.
Bcl-2-related ovarian killer (Bok) binds tightly to inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IPRs). To better understand this interaction, we sought to elucidate the Bok binding determinants in IPR1, focusing on the ∼75 amino acid loop (residues 1882-1957) between α helices 72 and 73. Bioinformatic analysis revealed that the majority of this loop is intrinsically disordered, with two flanking regions of high disorder next to a low disorder central region (∼residues 1914-1926) that is predicted to contain two fused, disjointed transient helical elements. Experiments with IPR1 mutants, combined with computational analysis, indicated that small deletions in this central region block Bok binding due to perturbation of the helical elements. Studies in vitro with purified Bok and IPR1-derived peptides revealed high affinity binding to amino acids 1898-1940 of IPR1 (K ∼65 nM) and that binding affinity is also dependent upon both of the high disorder flanking regions. The strength of the Bok-IPR1 interaction was demonstrated by the ability of IPR1 or Bok to recruit transmembrane domain-free Bok or IPR1 mutants, respectively, to membranes in intact cells, and that these two mutants can bind in the cytosol independently of membrane association. Overall, we show that Bok binding to IPR1 occurs within a largely disordered loop between α helices 72 and 73 and that high affinity binding is mediated by multivalent interactions.
Bcl-2 相关卵巢杀手 (Bok) 与肌醇 1,4,5-三磷酸受体 (IPRs) 紧密结合。为了更好地理解这种相互作用,我们试图阐明 IPR1 中的 Bok 结合决定簇,重点是位于 α 螺旋 72 和 73 之间的约 75 个氨基酸环(残基 1882-1957)。生物信息学分析表明,该环的大部分是固有无序的,在一个低无序的中央区域(约残基 1914-1926)旁边有两个无序的侧翼区域,该中央区域预测包含两个融合的、不连续的瞬态螺旋元件。使用 IPR1 突变体进行的实验与计算分析相结合,表明该中央区域的小缺失由于螺旋元件的扰动而阻断 Bok 结合。在体外使用纯化的 Bok 和源自 IPR1 的肽的研究表明,与 IPR1 的氨基酸 1898-1940 具有高亲和力结合(K∼65 nM),并且结合亲和力也依赖于两个高无序侧翼区域。通过 IPR1 或 Bok 分别将无跨膜结构域的 Bok 或 IPR1 突变体募集到完整细胞中的膜上,以及这两个突变体可以独立于膜结合在细胞质中结合,证明了 Bok-IPR1 相互作用的强度。总体而言,我们表明,Bok 与 IPR1 的结合发生在 α 螺旋 72 和 73 之间的一个大的无序环中,高亲和力结合是由多价相互作用介导的。