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| Title | Fibrillin microfibril structure identifies long-range effects of inherited pathogenic mutations affecting a key regulatory latent TGFβ-binding site. |
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| Journal, issue, pages | Nat Struct Mol Biol, Vol. 30, Issue 5, Page 608-618, Year 2023 |
| Publish date | Apr 20, 2023 |
 Authors | Alan R F Godwin / Rana Dajani / Xinyang Zhang / Jennifer Thomson / David F Holmes / Christin S Adamo / Gerhard Sengle / Michael J Sherratt / Alan M Roseman / Clair Baldock /   |
| PubMed Abstract | Genetic mutations in fibrillin microfibrils cause serious inherited diseases, such as Marfan syndrome and Weill-Marchesani syndrome (WMS). These diseases typically show major dysregulation of tissue ...Genetic mutations in fibrillin microfibrils cause serious inherited diseases, such as Marfan syndrome and Weill-Marchesani syndrome (WMS). These diseases typically show major dysregulation of tissue development and growth, particularly in skeletal long bones, but links between the mutations and the diseases are unknown. Here we describe a detailed structural analysis of native fibrillin microfibrils from mammalian tissue by cryogenic electron microscopy. The major bead region showed pseudo eightfold symmetry where the amino and carboxy termini reside. On the basis of this structure, we show that a WMS deletion mutation leads to the induction of a structural rearrangement that blocks interaction with latent TGFβ-binding protein-1 at a remote site. Separate deletion of this binding site resulted in the assembly of shorter fibrillin microfibrils with structural alterations. The integrin αβ-binding site was also mapped onto the microfibril structure. These results establish that in complex extracellular assemblies, such as fibrillin microfibrils, mutations may have long-range structural consequences leading to the disruption of growth factor signaling and the development of disease. |
 External links | Nat Struct Mol Biol / PubMed:37081316 / PubMed Central |
| Methods | EM (single particle) |
| Resolution | 9.7 - 18.3 Å |
| Structure data |  EMDB-13984: Structure of Fibrillin Microfibrils from Cryo-Electron Microscopy reveals the site of latent TGFbeta binding and structural perturbations in disease-linked mutations  EMDB-13986: Fibrillin-1 microfibril arm-region |
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