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- Title
Allosteric activation of a spring-loaded natriuretic peptide receptor dimer by hormone.
- Authors
He Xl; Chow Dc; Martick, M M; Garcia, K C
- Abstract
Natriuretic peptides (NPs) are vasoactive cyclic-peptide hormones important in blood pressure regulation through interaction with natriuretic cell-surface receptors. We report the hormone-binding thermodynamics and crystal structures at 2.9 and 2.0 angstroms, respectively, of the extracellular domain of the unliganded human NP receptor (NPR-C) and its complex with CNP, a 22-amino acid NP. A single CNP molecule is bound in the interface of an NPR-C dimer, resulting in asymmetric interactions between the hormone and the symmetrically related receptors. Hormone binding induces a 20 angstrom closure between the membrane-proximal domains of the dimer. In each monomer, the opening of an interdomain cleft, which is tethered together by a linker peptide acting as a molecular spring, is likely a conserved allosteric trigger for intracellular signaling by the natriuretic receptor family.
- Publication
Science (New York, N.Y.), 2001, Vol 293, Issue 5535, p1657
- ISSN
0036-8075
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1126/science.1062246