Crystallization and Stability of Membrane Proteins David Drew
1. Produc)on, Purifica)on, Crystalliza)on (Talk 1) GFP- based E. coli pipeline - Bacterial proteins GFP- based S. cerevisiae pipeline - Eukaryo)c proteins http://www.nature.com/nmeth/journal/v3/n4/full/nmeth0406-303.html http://www.nature.com/nprot/journal/v3/n5/abs/nprot.2008.44.html 2. Op)miza)on of membrane protein crystals based on detergent stability (Talk 2)
Whole-cell Drew et al., FEBS (2001) MPs tested rapidly for quantity and quality In-gel Drew et al., Nat Methods (2005), Newstead et al, PNAS (2007), Geertsma ER., PNAS (2008) FSEC Kawate T, Gouaux E. Structure (2006)
Plasmids and strains sent on request (no MTA)
Transporter structural summary? Crystallization success rate similar between proand eukaryotic transporters. Crystal optimization is the biggest difference. Sonoda Y et al. Structure. (2011)
The Emperical Triangle Y. Sonoda et al. Structure. (2011)
Micelle size is important Sonoda Y et al. FEBS (2010).
Micelle size correlates with dynamic radius Kunji ER. et al, Methods (2008)
Detergent (conformational) stability is important Serrano-Vega MJ, et al. PNAS (2008), Warne T et al. Nature (2008)
8Å 3Å DDM LDAO
How detergent stable does the MP need to be? Sonoda Y et al. Structure. (2011)
CPM assay to measure detergent MP stability DDM Different detergents Cys" CPM" 40 C Fluorescence Fluorescence CPM: the thiol-specific fluorochrome, N-[4-(7-diethylamino-4-methyl-3-coumarinyl)phenyl]maleimide Alexandrov A., Mileni M., Chien E., Hanson M., Stevens RC., Structure (2008)
Include test-set of control membrane proteins Sonoda Y et al. Structure. (2011)
Benchmarking Stability for Optimizing Crystallization CPM assay Rela)ve fluorescence (R.F.U) LDAO OG 9M 10M C 12 E 9 / 12M Time (min) Measure unfolding rate at 40 C for 130 min in proteins all purified In 12M and diluted 150- fold into buffer containing detergent at 3 x cmc
Calculate a relative unfolding rate (t 1/2 ) based on cysteine accessibility over time Fraction of folded protein = 1 - (fluorescence t =x) (max fluorescence) Sonoda Y et al. Structure. (2011)
Bacterial MPs more stable than Eukaryotic MPs Prokaryotic Eukaryotic N = 16 N = 8 Y. Sonoda et al. Structure. (2011)
Mean membrane protein detergent stability correlates with micelle-size Y. Sonoda et al. Structure. (2011)
Hydrophobic mismatch Olaf Anderson and Roger Koepe (2007). Annu. Rev. Biopys. Biomol. Struct
Comparing t 1/2 values to monodispersity
Decreasing stability
Benchmarking Stability for Optimizing Crystallization LDAO Eukaryo)c Prokaryo)c stable 17 min not- stable
Benchmarking Stability for Optimizing Crystallization 12M > > Eukaryo)c Prokaryo)c stable 17 min
MPs stable in harsh detergents are also more in general LDAO vs 9M
MPs stable in harsh detergents are also more in general 9M vs 10M 12M vs C 12 E 9
Stable MPs are more likely to crystallize in small detergent
All our structure success are only the most stable MPs LDAO 1 2 3 4 17 min
4 bacterial and 1 plant transporter crystals diffract well
How do we tackle less stable transporters? LDAO 1 2 3 4 17 min 5?
Benchmarking Stability Lipid for addition Optimizing Crystallization Rat sugar transporter
Benchmarking Stability for Optimizing Crystallization? Solved
wt turkey β1-receptor ronn prediction (xenopus) http://www.strubi.ox.ac.uk/ronn
Wt turkey β1 (N- and C-terminal truncations) Δ30aa ICL3 Turkey β1 structure sequence
Mammalian proteins can also screen for more stable homologue
Mammalian transporter-fab complex
H1 structure Shimamura et al. Nature (2011)
Other strategies 3. LCP in combination with T4-L (Ray Stevens, Brian Kolbilka, Martin Caffrey) 4. Stabilization ligands/ mutagenesis (Chris Tate) e.g. human β2-receptor e.g. turkey β1-receptor Cherezov V et al., Science (2007) Warne et al. Nature (2010)
The Emperical Triangle Y. Sonoda et al. Structure. (2011)
Acknowledgements So Iwata s MPC/MPL/Kyoto/RaCH group Yo Sonoda, Simon Newstead, Nein-Jen Hu, Emmanuel Nji, Alex Cameron, Norimichi Nomura, Hae-Joo Kang Bernadette Byrne Yilmaz Alguel, James Lee My Current group Chiara Lee, Hae-Joo Kang, Nein-Jen Hu