The structure of beta-arrestin
Brian Kobilka group (Stanford University) and collaborators
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are critically regulated
by multifunctional scaffolding proteins called beta-arrestins. The structural
basis of GPCR-beta-arrestin interaction and beta-arrestin activation was
lacking, but the labs of Brian Kobilka and of Robert Lefkowitz collaborated
to solve the structure of activated beta-arrestin 1 to 2.6-Å resolution
in complex with a phosphopeptide corresponding to the phosphorylated
carboxy-terminus of the human vasopressin receptor. The X-ray diffraction
data were collected at the GM/[email protected] beamline 23ID-D. The structure of
activated beta-arrestin reveals a potentially universal docking interface for
phosphorylated GPCRs and shows how the activation switches are turned on
during the transition of beta-arretsin from inactive (or basal) to active
state. This finding not only provides a structural basis for
GPCR-beta-arrestin interaction, but it also reveals a potentially novel
drug-binding interface.
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Figure: Surface representation of
activated beta-arrestin 1 showing a potentially universal groove (positively
charged residues in blue) and binding of the vasopressin receptor
carboxy-terminal phosphopetide (in green). The phosphorylated amino acids
are shown as red spheres. |
Citation:
Shukla, AK, Manglik, A, Kruse, AC, Xiao, K, Reis, RI, Tseng, WC, Staus, DP,
Hilger, D, Uysal, S, Huang, LY, Paduch, M, Tripathi-Shukla, P, Koide, A,
Koide, S, Weis, WI, Kossiakoff, AA, Kobilka, BK, Lefkowitz, RJ. Structure of
active beta-arrestin-1 bound to a G-protein-coupled receptor phosphopeptide,
Nature 497, 137-141 (2013).
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