7sj4

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Human Trio residues 1284-1959 in complex with Rac1

Structural highlights

7sj4 is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:Electron Microscopy, Resolution 2.86Å
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

TRIO_HUMAN Promotes the exchange of GDP by GTP. Together with leukocyte antigen-related (LAR) protein, it could play a role in coordinating cell-matrix and cytoskeletal rearrangements necessary for cell migration and cell growth.

Publication Abstract from PubMed

Trio is a large and highly conserved metazoan signaling scaffold that contains two Dbl family guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) modules, TrioN and TrioC, selective for Rac and RhoA GTPases, respectively. The GEF activities of TrioN and TrioC are implicated in several cancers, especially uveal melanoma. However, little is known about how these modules operate in the context of larger fragments of Trio. Here we show via negative stain electron microscopy that the N-terminal region of Trio is extended and could thus serve as a rigid spacer between the N-terminal putative lipid-binding domain and TrioN, whereas the C-terminal half of Trio seems globular. We found that regions C-terminal to TrioN enhance its Rac1 GEF activity and thus could play a regulatory role. We went on to characterize a minimal, well-behaved Trio fragment with enhanced activity, Trio(1284)(-)(1959), in complex with Rac1 using cryo-electron microscopy and hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry and found that the region conferring enhanced activity is disordered. Deletion of two different strongly conserved motifs in this region eliminated this enhancement, suggesting that they form transient intramolecular interactions that promote GEF activity. Because Dbl family RhoGEF modules have been challenging to directly target with small molecules, characterization of accessory Trio domains such as these may provide alternate routes for the development of therapeutics that inhibit Trio activity in human cancer.

Structural/functional studies of Trio provide insights into its configuration and show that conserved linker elements enhance its activity for Rac1.,Bandekar SJ, Chen CL, Ravala SK, Cash JN, Avramova LV, Zhalnina MV, Gutkind JS, Li S, Tesmer JJG J Biol Chem. 2022 Aug;298(8):102209. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102209. Epub 2022 , Jun 30. PMID:35779635[1]

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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References

  1. Bandekar SJ, Chen CL, Ravala SK, Cash JN, Avramova LV, Zhalnina MV, Gutkind JS, Li S, Tesmer JJG. Structural/functional studies of Trio provide insights into its configuration and show that conserved linker elements enhance its activity for Rac1. J Biol Chem. 2022 Jun 30;298(8):102209. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102209. PMID:35779635 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102209

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PDB ID 7sj4

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