6K8I

Crystal structure of Arabidopsis thaliana CRY2

Summary for 6K8I

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb6k8i/pdb
• Descriptor: Cryptochrome-2, FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (3 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: cryptochromes, bics, inactivation, signaling protein
• Biological source: Arabidopsis thaliana (Mouse-ear cress)
• Total number of polymer chains: 2
• Total formula weight: 140730.96

Authors

Ma, L.,Wang, X.,Guan, Z.,Yin, P. (deposition date: 2019-06-12, release date: 2020-05-13, Last modification date: 2024-03-27)

Primary citation

Ma, L.,Wang, X.,Guan, Z.,Wang, L.,Wang, Y.,Zheng, L.,Gong, Z.,Shen, C.,Wang, J.,Zhang, D.,Liu, Z.,Yin, P.
Structural insights into BIC-mediated inactivation of Arabidopsis cryptochrome 2.
Nat.Struct.Mol.Biol., 27:472-479, 2020

PubMed Abstract: Cryptochromes (CRYs) are blue-light receptors in plants that harbor FAD as a cofactor and regulate various physiological responses. Photoactivated CRYs undergo oligomerization, which increases the binding affinity to downstream signaling partners. Despite decades of research on the activation of CRYs, little is known about how they are inactivated. Binding of blue-light inhibitors of cryptochromes (BICs) to CRY2 suppresses its photoactivation, but the underlying mechanism remains unknown. Here, we report crystal structures of CRY2N (CRY2 PHR domain) and the BIC2-CRY2N complex with resolutions of 2.7 and 2.5 Å, respectively. In the BIC2-CRY2N complex, BIC2 exhibits an extremely extended structure that sinuously winds around CRY2N. In this way, BIC2 not only restrains the transfer of electrons and protons from CRY2 to FAD during photoreduction but also interacts with the CRY2 oligomer to return it to the monomer form. Uncovering the mechanism of CRY2 inactivation lays a solid foundation for the investigation of cryptochrome protein function.

PubMed: 32398826
DOI: 10.1038/s41594-020-0410-z

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.697 Å)