Journal: Nature / Year: 2020 Title: Structural basis of ligand recognition and self-activation of orphan GPR52. Authors: Xi Lin / Mingyue Li / Niandong Wang / Yiran Wu / Zhipu Luo / Shimeng Guo / Gye-Won Han / Shaobai Li / Yang Yue / Xiaohu Wei / Xin Xie / Yong Chen / Suwen Zhao / Jian Wu / Ming Lei / Fei Xu / Abstract: GPR52 is a class-A orphan G-protein-coupled receptor that is highly expressed in the brain and represents a promising therapeutic target for the treatment of Huntington's disease and several ...GPR52 is a class-A orphan G-protein-coupled receptor that is highly expressed in the brain and represents a promising therapeutic target for the treatment of Huntington's disease and several psychiatric disorders. Pathological malfunction of GPR52 signalling occurs primarily through the heterotrimeric G protein, but it is unclear how GPR52 and G couple for signal transduction and whether a native ligand or other activating input is required. Here we present the high-resolution structures of human GPR52 in three states: a ligand-free state, a G-coupled self-activation state and a potential allosteric ligand-bound state. Together, our structures reveal that extracellular loop 2 occupies the orthosteric binding pocket and operates as a built-in agonist, conferring an intrinsically high level of basal activity to GPR52. A fully active state is achieved when G is coupled to GPR52 in the absence of an external agonist. The receptor also features a side pocket for ligand binding. These insights into the structure and function of GPR52 could improve our understanding of other self-activated GPCRs, enable the identification of endogenous and tool ligands, and guide drug discovery efforts that target GPR52.
Protocol: SINGLE WAVELENGTH / Monochromatic (M) / Laue (L): M / Scattering type: x-ray
Radiation wavelength
Wavelength: 1 Å / Relative weight: 1
Reflection
Resolution: 2.9→50 Å / Num. obs: 18312 / % possible obs: 97.6 % / Redundancy: 9.2 % / CC1/2: 0.991 / Rmerge(I) obs: 0.235 / Net I/σ(I): 11.8
Reflection shell
Resolution: 2.9→3 Å / Rmerge(I) obs: 2.748 / Mean I/σ(I) obs: 0.98 / Num. unique obs: 1810 / CC1/2: 0.4
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Processing
Software
Name
Version
Classification
REFMAC
5.8.0253
refinement
HKL-2000
datareduction
HKL-2000
datascaling
PHASER
phasing
Refinement
Method to determine structure: MOLECULAR REPLACEMENT Starting model: Rosetta modelling Resolution: 2.9→28.43 Å / Cor.coef. Fo:Fc: 0.917 / Cor.coef. Fo:Fc free: 0.915 / SU B: 21.26 / SU ML: 0.367 / Cross valid method: THROUGHOUT / ESU R: 0.811 / ESU R Free: 0.364 / Stereochemistry target values: MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD Details: HYDROGENS HAVE BEEN ADDED IN THE RIDING POSITIONS There are some unknown densities located near N5 atom of FMN in a chain. This was not been modelled.
Rfactor
Num. reflection
% reflection
Selection details
Rfree
0.26677
912
5.2 %
RANDOM
Rwork
0.24427
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obs
0.24548
16462
95.56 %
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Solvent computation
Ion probe radii: 0.8 Å / Shrinkage radii: 0.8 Å / VDW probe radii: 1.2 Å / Solvent model: MASK