Detailed analysis of the atrial natriuretic factor receptor hormone-binding domain crystal structure

2001 ◽  
Vol 79 (8) ◽  
pp. 692-704 ◽  
Author(s):  
Focco van den Akker
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Atrial Natriuretic Factor ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Chloride Ion ◽  
Binding Domain ◽  
Protein Fold ◽  
Hormone Binding ◽  
Periplasmic Binding Protein ◽  
Natriuretic Factor ◽  
Hormone Binding Domain

The X-ray crystal structure of the dimerized atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) receptor hormone-binding domain has provided a first structural view of this anti-hypertensive receptor. The structure reveals a surprising evolutionary link to the periplasmic-binding protein fold family. Furthermore, the presence of a chloride ion in the membrane distal domain and the presence of a second putative effector pocket suggests that the extracellular domain of this receptor is allosterically regulated. The scope of this article is to extensively review the data published on this receptor and to correlate it with the hormone-binding domain structure. In addition, a more detailed description is provided of the important features of this structure including the different binding sites for the ANF hormone, chloride ion, putative effector pocket, glycosylation sites, and dimer interface.Key words: crystal structure, periplasmic-binding protein fold, guanylyl cyclase, hormone receptor.

Highly efficient photoaffinity labeling of the hormone binding domain of atrial natriuretic factor receptor

Biochemistry ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 31 (18) ◽  
pp. 4487-4493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Normand McNicoll ◽  
Emmanuel Escher ◽  
Brian C. Wilkes ◽  
Peter W. Schiller ◽  
Huy Ong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atrial Natriuretic Factor ◽  
Photoaffinity Labeling ◽  
Binding Domain ◽  
Hormone Binding ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
Natriuretic Factor ◽  
Atrial Natriuretic Factor Receptor ◽  
Hormone Binding Domain ◽  
Atrial Natriuretic

Single amino acid substitution (840Arg → His) in the hormone-binding domain of the androgen receptor leads to incomplete androgen insensitivity syndrome associated with a thermolabile androgen receptor

1994 ◽  
Vol 130 (6) ◽  
pp. 569-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyosuke Imasaki ◽  
Tomonobu Hasegawa ◽  
Taijiro Okabe ◽  
Yoshiyuki Sakai ◽  
Masafumi Haji ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Androgen Receptor ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Amino Acid Substitution ◽  
Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome ◽  
Binding Domain ◽  
Single Amino Acid Substitution ◽  
Single Amino Acid ◽  
Hormone Binding ◽  
Androgen Insensitivity ◽  
Hormone Binding Domain

Imasaki K, Hasegawa T. Okabe T. Sakai Y. Haji M. Takayanagi R, Nawata H. Single amino acid substitution (840Arg → His) in the hormone-binding domain of the androgen receptor leads to incomplete androgen insensitivity syndrome associated with a thermolabile androgen receptor. Eur I Endocrinol 1994;130:569–74. ISSN 0804–4643 We have characterized the androgen receptor in a Japanese girl and her maternal cousin in a family with incomplete androgen insensitivity syndrome, and have investigated the molecular basis. Wholecell androgen binding assay in cultured genital skin fibroblasts from both patients showed a normal maximum binding capacity and a normal apparent dissociation constant. However, androgen binding in fibroblasts from both patients decreased to 30% when the assay temperature was raised from 30°C to 41°C, indicating the presence of the thermolability of ligand binding to the androgen receptor. Sequence analysis of the coding exons of the androgen receptor gene from the patients revealed a single nucleotide substitution at position 2881 in exon G, resulting in the conversion of arginine (CGT) to histidine (CAT) at amino acid position 840 in the hormone-binding domain of the androgen receptor. The family study showed that the mothers and the maternal grandmother of the patients are heterozygous carriers for this mutation, whereas the father does not carry it, supporting the view that androgen insensitivity syndrome is an X chromosome-linked disorder. The single amino acid substitution may explain the qualitative abnormality of the androgen receptor displaying thermolability, which is thought to be the pathogenesis of incomplete androgen insensitivity syndrome in the patients. Kyosuke Imasaki, Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812, Japan

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