The Phenix software for automated determination of macromolecular structures

Adams, Paul D.; Afonine, Pavel V.; Bunkóczi, G.; Chen, Vincent B.; Echols, Nathaniel; Headd, Jeffrey J.; Hung, Li Wei; Jain, Swati; Kapral, Gary J.; Kunstleve, Ralf W. Grosse; McCoy, Airlie J.; Moriarty, Nigel W.; Oeffner, Robert D.; Read, Randy J.; Richardson, David C.; Richardson, Jane S.; Terwilliger, Thomas C.; Zwart, Peter H.

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“…The complexes were solved by molecular replacement with Phaser (57) using the Protein Database (PDB) ID codes 3QEU and 3MRM as search models (58). Rigid body refinement followed by translation/libration/screw refinement was performed with Phenix and Refmac5 (59,60). The twinning law "-h, -k, l" was determined by Xtriage and applied in the last round of refinement.…”

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How an alloreactive T-cell receptor achieves peptide and MHC specificity

Wang

Singh

Spear

et al. 2017

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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T-cell receptor (TCR) allorecognition is often presumed to be relatively nonspecific, attributable to either a TCR focus on exposed major histocompatibility complex (MHC) polymorphisms or the degenerate recognition of allopeptides. However, paradoxically, alloreactivity can proceed with high peptide and MHC specificity. Although the underlying mechanisms remain unclear, the existence of highly specific alloreactive TCRs has led to their use as immunotherapeutics that can circumvent central tolerance and limit graft-versus-host disease. Here, we show how an alloreactive TCR achieves peptide and MHC specificity. The HCV1406 TCR was cloned from T cells that expanded when a hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected HLA-A2 − individual received an HLA-A2 + liver allograft. HCV1406 was subsequently shown to recognize the HCV nonstructural protein 3 (NS3):1406-1415 epitope with high specificity when presented by HLA-A2. We show that NS3/HLA-A2 recognition by the HCV1406 TCR is critically dependent on features unique to both the allo-MHC and the NS3 epitope. We also find cooperativity between structural mimicry and a crucial peptide "hot spot" and demonstrate its role, along with the MHC, in directing the specificity of allorecognition. Our results help explain the paradox of specificity in alloreactive TCRs and have implications for their use in immunotherapy and related efforts to manipulate TCR recognition, as well as alloreactivity in general.T-cell receptor | peptide-MHC | structure | alloreactivity | specificity

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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How an alloreactive T-cell receptor achieves peptide and MHC specificity

Wang

Singh

Spear

et al. 2017

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…The protein molecules of PANK3⅐ADP⅐N7-pantothenamide complex (PDB code 3SMS) and PANK3⅐acetyl-CoA complex (PDB code 3MK6) were used as the search models to solve the PANK3⅐AMPPNP⅐Mg 2ϩ ⅐pantothenate and PANK3⅐palmitoyl-CoA structures, respectively. Structures were refined and optimized using PHENIX (38) and COOT (39,40), respectively. Data collection and refinement statistics and the PDB accession codes are presented in Table 1.…”

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Allosteric Regulation of Mammalian Pantothenate Kinase

Subramanian

Yun²,

Yao

et al. 2016

Journal of Biological Chemistry

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Pantothenate kinase catalyzes the key regulatory step in CoA biosynthesis in bacteria and mammals (1-3). In mammals, there are four distinct kinases that exhibit tissue-specific expression as follows: PANK1␣ and PANK1␤ are splice variants of the PANK1 gene, and PANK2 and PANK3 are encoded by the PANK2 and PANK3 genes, respectively (4, 5). The kinase isoforms possess almost identical catalytic cores but differ in their amino termini that direct the enzymes to different subcellular compartments (6). Isoform 1␣ is targeted to the nucleus, whereas isoform 1␤ is associated with endosomes in humans and mice. Isoform 2 of mice is cytosolic, but the PANK2 gene in humans encodes a protein with both nuclear localization and mitochondrial targeting sequences. Isoform 3 is cytosolic in both species. All pantothenate kinases operate by a compulsory ordered mechanism with ATP⅐Mg 2ϩ as the leading substrate followed by pantothenate ( Fig. 1) (7). The principal mechanism for controlling mammalian pantothenate kinase activity is through feedback inhibition by acetyl-CoA, and the isoforms differ in their sensitivity to this regulator ( Fig. 1) (4, 8, 9). The 1␣ and 1␤ isoforms are least sensitive to inhibition, whereas isoforms 2 and 3 are more potently inhibited by acetyl-CoA. Acetyl-CoA inhibition is competitive with ATP⅐Mg 2ϩ , but acetyl-CoA binds far more tightly than ATP (10). Acyl-carnitines antagonize the inhibition of pantothenate kinases by acetyl-CoA (8).The importance of pantothenate kinase to mammalian physiology is highlighted by the phenotypes of knock-out mice and their connection to human disease. Isoform 1 is most highly expressed in the liver, and Pank1 Ϫ/Ϫ mice have lower total hepatic CoA and exhibit fatty acid ␤-oxidation and glucose homeostasis defects in the fasted state (11). In addition, Pank1 Ϫ/Ϫ Lep Ϫ/Ϫ mice have dramatically lower blood glucose and insulin levels compared with their diabetic Lep Ϫ/Ϫ counterparts, which highlights the connection between isoform 1 and glucose homeostasis (12). Consistent with this, an association between polymorphisms in the PANK1 gene and insulin levels was uncovered in a cohort of individuals in Finland (13). It has also been shown that the severe neurodegenerative disease pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration arises from mutations in the human PANK2 gene (14). Unfortunately, Pank2 Ϫ/Ϫ mice do not recapitulate the pantothenate kinaseassociated neurodegeneration disease phenotype (15,16), and this may be due either to differences in the levels of isoform expression in mouse and human brains or to the fact that human PANK2 accumulates in the intra-membrane space in mitochondria, whereas mouse isoform 2 is cytosolic (9). Finally, Pank1 Ϫ/Ϫ Pank2 Ϫ/Ϫ double knock-out mice are unable to metabolize fats and ketones resulting in early postnatal death (16), and Pank1 Ϫ/Ϫ Pank3 Ϫ/Ϫ and Pank2 Ϫ/Ϫ Pank3 Ϫ/Ϫ double knock-out mice are both embryonic lethal. A chemical knockout of all pantothenate kinases in adult mice resulted in an 80% reduction in hepatic CoA levels a...

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“…Phases were initially obtained by molecular replacement using Phaser,48 with the structure of PI4KIIIβ bound to PIK‐93 and Rab11 (pdb code: 4D0L) used as the search model. The final model of Apo PI4KIIIβ bound to Rab11 was built using iterative model building in COOT49 and refinement using Phenix50, 51 to R work = 21.6 and R free = 24.6. The final model of PI4KIIIβ bound to BQR695 in complex with GDP loaded Rab11 was refined to R work =25.5 and R free = 28.6.…”

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Using hydrogen deuterium exchange mass spectrometry to engineer optimized constructs for crystallization of protein complexes: Case study of PI4KIIIβ with Rab11

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The ability of proteins to bind and interact with protein partners plays fundamental roles in many cellular contexts. X‐ray crystallography has been a powerful approach to understand protein‐protein interactions; however, a challenge in the crystallization of proteins and their complexes is the presence of intrinsically disordered regions. In this article, we describe an application of hydrogen deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HDX‐MS) to identify dynamic regions within type III phosphatidylinositol 4 kinase beta (PI4KIIIβ) in complex with the GTPase Rab11. This information was then used to design deletions that allowed for the production of diffraction quality crystals. Importantly, we also used HDX‐MS to verify that the new construct was properly folded, consistent with it being catalytically and functionally active. Structures of PI4KIIIβ in an Apo state and bound to the potent inhibitor BQR695 in complex with both GTPγS and GDP loaded Rab11 were determined. This hybrid HDX‐MS/crystallographic strategy revealed novel aspects of the PI4KIIIβ‐Rab11 complex, as well as the molecular mechanism of potency of a PI4K specific inhibitor (BQR695). This approach is widely applicable to protein‐protein complexes, and is an excellent strategy to optimize constructs for high‐resolution structural approaches.

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The Phenix software for automated determination of macromolecular structures

Cited by 845 publications

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How an alloreactive T-cell receptor achieves peptide and MHC specificity

How an alloreactive T-cell receptor achieves peptide and MHC specificity

Allosteric Regulation of Mammalian Pantothenate Kinase

Using hydrogen deuterium exchange mass spectrometry to engineer optimized constructs for crystallization of protein complexes: Case study of PI4KIIIβ with Rab11

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