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CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE SMARCA2-VCB-COMPLEX WITH PROTAC P5
Structural highlights
DiseaseSMCA2_HUMAN Defects in SMARCA2 are the cause of Nicolaides-Baraitser syndrome (NCBRS) [MIM:601358. A rare disorder characterized by severe mental retardation with absent or limited speech, seizures, short stature, sparse hair, typical facial characteristics, brachydactyly, prominent finger joints and broad distal phalanges. Some of the features are progressive with time.[1] [2] FunctionSMCA2_HUMAN Transcriptional coactivator cooperating with nuclear hormone receptors to potentiate transcriptional activation. Also involved in vitamin D-coupled transcription regulation via its association with the WINAC complex, a chromatin-remodeling complex recruited by vitamin D receptor (VDR), which is required for the ligand-bound VDR-mediated transrepression of the CYP27B1 gene. Belongs to the neural progenitors-specific chromatin remodeling complex (npBAF complex) and the neuron-specific chromatin remodeling complex (nBAF complex). During neural development a switch from a stem/progenitor to a post-mitotic chromatin remodeling mechanism occurs as neurons exit the cell cycle and become committed to their adult state. The transition from proliferating neural stem/progenitor cells to post-mitotic neurons requires a switch in subunit composition of the npBAF and nBAF complexes. As neural progenitors exit mitosis and differentiate into neurons, npBAF complexes which contain ACTL6A/BAF53A and PHF10/BAF45A, are exchanged for homologous alternative ACTL6B/BAF53B and DPF1/BAF45B or DPF3/BAF45C subunits in neuron-specific complexes (nBAF). The npBAF complex is essential for the self-renewal/proliferative capacity of the multipotent neural stem cells. The nBAF complex along with CREST plays a role regulating the activity of genes essential for dendrite growth (By similarity).[3] Publication Abstract from PubMedTargeted protein degradation using proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) offers a promising strategy to eliminate previously undruggable proteins. PROTACs are bifunctional molecules that link a target protein with an E3 ubiquitin ligase, enabling the formation of a ternary complex that promotes ubiquitination and subsequent proteasomal degradation. Although many ternary complex structures are available, understanding how structural features relate to PROTAC function remains challenging due to the dynamic nature of these complexes. Here we show that the interface between the target protein SMARCA2 and the E3 ligase VHL is conformationally flexible and stabilized by interactions involving disordered loops. Using molecular dynamics simulations and X-ray crystallography of SMARCA2-VHL complexes bound to five different PROTACs, we find that interfacial residues often adopt energetically suboptimal, or 'frustrated,' configurations. We further show that the degree of frustration correlates with experimentally measured cooperativity for a set of 11 PROTACs. These findings suggest that quantifying interface frustration provides a rational, structure-based approach to guiding PROTAC design. Frustration in the protein-protein interface plays a central role in the cooperativity of PROTAC ternary complexes.,Ma N, Bhattacharya S, Muk S, Jandova Z, Schmalhorst PS, Ghosh S, Le K, Diers E, Trainor N, Farnaby W, Roy MJ, Kofink C, Greb P, Weinstabl H, Ciulli A, Bader G, Sankar K, Bergner A, Vaidehi N Nat Commun. 2025 Sep 29;16(1):8595. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-63713-7. PMID:41022846[4] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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