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- Title
Crystal structure of the complete integrin αVβ3 ectodomain plus an α/β transmembrane fragment.
- Authors
Xiong, Jian-Ping; Mahalingham, Bhuvaneshwari; Alonso, Jose Luis; Borrelli, Laura Ann; Rui, Xianliang; Anand, Saurabh; Hyman, Bradley T.; Rysiok, Thomas; Müller-Pompalla, Dirk; Goodman, Simon L.; Arnaout, M. Amin
- Abstract
We determined file crystal structure of 1TM-αVβ3, which represents the complete unconstrained ectodomain plus short C-terminal transmembrane stretches of the αV and β3 subunits. 1TM-αVβ3 is more compact and less active in solution when compared with δTM-αVβ3, which lacks the short C-terminal stretches. The structure reveals a bent conformation and defines the α-β interface between IE2 (EGF-like 2) and the thigh domains. Modifying this interface by site-directed mutagenesis leads to robust integrin activation. Fluorescent life time imaging microscopy of inactive full-length αVβ3 on live cells yields a donor-membrane acceptor distance, which is consistent with the bent conformation and does not change in the activated integrin. These data are the first direct demonstration of conformational coupling of the integrin leg and head domains, identify the IE2-thigh interface as a critical steric barrier in integrin activation, and suggest that inside-out activation in intact cells may involve conformational changes other than the postulated switch to a genu-linear state.
- Subjects
INTEGRINS; CRYSTALLIZATION; PROTEIN conformation; SITE-specific mutagenesis; CELL membranes
- Publication
Journal of Cell Biology, 2009, Vol 186, Issue 4, p589
- ISSN
0021-9525
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1083/jcb.200905085