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| Title | Structural basis for full-length chemerin recognition and signaling through chemerin receptor 1. |
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| Journal, issue, pages | Commun Biol, Vol. 7, Issue 1, Page 1598, Year 2024 |
| Publish date | Nov 30, 2024 |
Authors | Aijun Liu / Yezhou Liu / Junlin Wang / Richard D Ye / ![]() |
| PubMed Abstract | Chemerin, a chemotactic adipokine, plays essential roles in adipogenesis and inflammation. Serum chemerin concentration is closely associated with obesity and metabolism disorders. The mature form of ...Chemerin, a chemotactic adipokine, plays essential roles in adipogenesis and inflammation. Serum chemerin concentration is closely associated with obesity and metabolism disorders. The mature form of chemerin (residues 21-157) acts primarily through chemerin receptor 1 (CMKLR1) for transmembrane signaling. As a result, CMKLR1 serves as a promising target for therapeutic intervention of immunometabolic diseases such as diabetes and multiple sclerosis. Here, we present a high-resolution cryo-EM structure of CMKLR1-Gi signaling complex bound to biologically active full-length chemerin. The mature chemerin shows binding features distinct from its C-terminal nonapeptide including interaction with both the extracellular loops (ECLs) and the N-terminus of CMKLR1. Combining results from functional assays, our studies demonstrate that chemerin interacts with CMKLR1 in a "two-site" mode similar to chemokine-chemokine receptor interactions, but acting as a "reverse chemokine" by inserting its C-terminus instead of the N-terminus as in the case of chemokines into the transmembrane binding pocket of CMKLR1. These structural insights are expected to help develop synthetic analogs with therapeutic potential. |
External links | Commun Biol / PubMed:39616240 / PubMed Central |
| Methods | EM (single particle) |
| Resolution | 3.18 Å |
| Structure data | EMDB-60144, PDB-8zjg: |
| Chemicals | ![]() ChemComp-CLR: ![]() ChemComp-HOH: |
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Keywords | MEMBRANE PROTEIN / Chemerin Receptor |
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