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Date publication
octobre 2020
Journal
Structure (London, England : 1993)
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr BAHRAM Siamak
,
Dr CARAPITO Raphaël
Tous les auteurs :
Juaire KD, Lapouge K, Becker MMM, Kotova I, Michelhans M, Carapito R, Wild K, Bahram S, Sinning I
Lien Pubmed
Résumé
The SRP54 GTPase is a key component of co-translational protein targeting by the signal recognition particle (SRP). Point mutations in SRP54 have been recently shown to lead to a form of severe congenital neutropenia displaying symptoms overlapping with those of Shwachman-Diamond syndrome. The phenotype includes severe neutropenia, exocrine pancreatic deficiency, and neurodevelopmental as well as skeletal disorders. Using a combination of X-ray crystallography, hydrogen-deuterium exchange coupled to mass spectrometry and complementary biochemical and biophysical methods, we reveal extensive structural defects in three disease-causing SRP54 variants resulting in critical protein destabilization. GTP binding is mostly abolished as a consequence of an altered GTPase core. The mutations located in conserved sequence fingerprints of SRP54 eliminate targeting complex formation with the SRP receptor as demonstrated in yeast and human cells. These specific defects critically influence the entire SRP pathway, thereby causing this life-threatening disease.
Mots clés
protein destabilization, protein transport, quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR), severe congenital neutropenia, signal recognition particle (SRP)
Référence
Structure. 2020 Oct 13;:
