2QM9

Troglitazone Bound to Fatty Acid Binding Protein 4


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.31 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.276 
  • R-Value Work: 0.231 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.233 

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Literature

Structural Basis for Activation of Fatty Acid-binding Protein 4

Gillilan, R.E.Ayers, S.D.Noy, N.

(2007) J Mol Biol 372: 1246-1260

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2007.07.040
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    2Q9S, 2QM9

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Fatty acid-binding protein 4 (FABP4) delivers ligands from the cytosol to the nuclear receptor PPARgamma in the nucleus, thereby enhancing the transcriptional activity of the receptor. Notably, FABP4 binds multiple ligands with a similar affinity but its nuclear translocation is activated only by specific compounds. To gain insight into the structural features that underlie the ligand-specificity in activation of the nuclear import of FABP4, we solved the crystal structures of the protein complexed with two compounds that induce its nuclear translocation, and compared these to the apo-protein and to FABP4 structures bound to non-activating ligands. Examination of these structures indicates that activation coincides with closure of a portal loop phenylalanine side-chain, contraction of the binding pocket, a subtle shift in a helical domain containing the nuclear localization signal of the protein, and a resultant change in oligomeric state that exposes the nuclear localization signal to the solution. Comparisons of backbone displacements induced by activating ligands with a measure of mobility derived from translation, libration, screw (TLS) refinement, and with a composite of slowest normal modes of the apo state suggest that the helical motion associated with the activation of the protein is part of the repertoire of the equilibrium motions of the apo-protein, i.e. that ligand binding does not induce the activated configuration but serves to stabilize it. Nuclear import of FABP4 can thus be understood in terms of the pre-existing equilibrium hypothesis of ligand binding.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Macromolecular Diffraction Facility of the Cornell High-Energy Synchrotron Source, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Fatty acid-binding protein, adipocyte
A, B
155Mus musculusMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: Fabp4Ap2
UniProt
Find proteins for P04117 (Mus musculus)
Explore P04117 
Go to UniProtKB:  P04117
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UniProt GroupP04117
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.31 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.276 
  • R-Value Work: 0.231 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.233 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 21
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 49.886α = 90
b = 81.414β = 90
c = 94.127γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
REFMACrefinement
PDB_EXTRACTdata extraction
ADSCdata collection
DENZOdata reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling
PHASERphasing

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2007-10-09
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Advisory, Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2017-10-25
    Changes: Advisory, Refinement description
  • Version 1.3: 2024-02-21
    Changes: Advisory, Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations