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Title | Structures of Teneurin adhesion receptors reveal an ancient fold for cell-cell interaction. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Nat Commun, Vol. 9, Issue 1, Page 1079, Year 2018 |
Publish date | Mar 14, 2018 |
Authors | Verity A Jackson / Dimphna H Meijer / Maria Carrasquero / Laura S van Bezouwen / Edward D Lowe / Colin Kleanthous / Bert J C Janssen / Elena Seiradake / |
PubMed Abstract | Teneurins are ancient cell-cell adhesion receptors that are vital for brain development and synapse organisation. They originated in early metazoan evolution through a horizontal gene transfer event ...Teneurins are ancient cell-cell adhesion receptors that are vital for brain development and synapse organisation. They originated in early metazoan evolution through a horizontal gene transfer event when a bacterial YD-repeat toxin fused to a eukaryotic receptor. We present X-ray crystallography and cryo-EM structures of two Teneurins, revealing a ~200 kDa extracellular super-fold in which eight sub-domains form an intricate structure centred on a spiralling YD-repeat shell. An alternatively spliced loop, which is implicated in homophilic Teneurin interaction and specificity, is exposed and thus poised for interaction. The N-terminal side of the shell is 'plugged' via a fibronectin-plug domain combination, which defines a new class of YD proteins. Unexpectedly, we find that these proteins are widespread amongst modern bacteria, suggesting early metazoan receptor evolution from a distinct class of proteins, which today includes both bacterial proteins and eukaryotic Teneurins. |
External links | Nat Commun / PubMed:29540701 / PubMed Central |
Methods | EM (single particle) / X-ray diffraction |
Resolution | 2.38 - 3.8 Å |
Structure data | PDB-6fb3: |
Chemicals | ChemComp-NAG: ChemComp-HOH: |
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Keywords | CELL ADHESION / Neuronal cell adhesion / bacterial toxin-like / TTR / fibronectin / FN-plug / NHL / YD-repeat / antibiotic-binding / colicin / nuclease / cell surface receptor / latrophilin / glycoprotein |