Journal: Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol / Year: 2026 Title: A novel fusion tool to enable G protein-coupled receptor structure determination. Authors: Nita R Shah / Mathieu Oosterlaken / Claudine Bisson / Mattia Bertinelli / Alicia M Churchill-Angus / Andrew Hutchin / Jola Kopec / Vadim Kotov / Ciaran R McFarlane / Erika Griss Pascualli / ...Authors: Nita R Shah / Mathieu Oosterlaken / Claudine Bisson / Mattia Bertinelli / Alicia M Churchill-Angus / Andrew Hutchin / Jola Kopec / Vadim Kotov / Ciaran R McFarlane / Erika Griss Pascualli / Ana Pavic / Matthias Zebisch / Cédric Fiez-Vandal / Edoardo Fabini / Stéphanie Duclos / Abstract: Structure determination of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) plays an important role in accelerating drug development against this medically important protein family. This study outlines the ...Structure determination of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) plays an important role in accelerating drug development against this medically important protein family. This study outlines the development of a new fusion tool to enable structure determination of GPCRs in inactive conformations by cryo-EM. Initially, a PDB mining approach was applied to select eight naturally occurring proteins with the intention of fusing them into the intracellular loop 3 (ICL3) of GPCRs to create a suitable fiducial marker for cryo-EM workflows. During the selection process, candidates with known high-affinity protein binders were prioritized to enable a further increase in the protein mass of the fiducial marker. Fusion constructs were generated with adenosine receptor A (AR) and were assessed for expression and aggregation levels. For the two best-performing new fusion constructs, ligand binding was characterized to ensure that the fusion tag did not significantly affect protein behaviour. AR with a β-lactamase fusion in ICL3 and binding partner β-lactamase inhibitory protein II (BLIPII) was then selected to solve an antagonist-bound structure. The overall map was resolved to an average of 3.2 Å resolution with continuous helices connecting the β-lactamase to helices 5 and 6 of AR. Focused refinement of the AR region improved the local resolution and map detail in the orthosteric site, thereby allowing confident modelling of the antagonist ligand, ZM241385, which matches previously described X-ray crystallographic structures. This new fusion provides an alternative option for GPCR structure determination, with several potential benefits compared with existing tools, such as a more favourable position relative to the GPCR to reduce potential clashes.
Name: A2AR-beta-lactamase fusion, BLIPII, ZM241385 / type: complex / ID: 1 / Parent: 0 / Macromolecule list: #1-#2 Details: Complex of BLIPII bound to the beta-lactamase region of the chimeric A2AR-beta-lactamase fusion protein
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