8UXV

Consensus olfactory receptor consOR51 in complex with mini-Gs trimeric protein

Summary for 8UXV

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb8uxv/pdb
• EMDB information: 42786
• Descriptor: Nanobody 35, miniGs399, Guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(I)/G(S)/G(T) subunit beta-1, ... (5 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: odorant, olfaction, gpcr, receptor, signaling protein
• Biological source: Lama glama; More
• Total number of polymer chains: 5
• Total formula weight: 131021.71

Authors

Billesboelle, C.B.,Del Torrent, C.L.,Manglik, A. (deposition date: 2023-11-11, release date: 2024-10-30, Last modification date: 2024-11-27)

Primary citation

de March, C.A.,Ma, N.,Billesbolle, C.B.,Tewari, J.,Llinas Del Torrent, C.,van der Velden, W.J.C.,Ojiro, I.,Takayama, I.,Faust, B.,Li, L.,Vaidehi, N.,Manglik, A.,Matsunami, H.
Engineered odorant receptors illuminate the basis of odour discrimination.
Nature, 635:499-508, 2024

PubMed Abstract: How the olfactory system detects and distinguishes odorants with diverse physicochemical properties and molecular configurations remains poorly understood. Vertebrate animals perceive odours through G protein-coupled odorant receptors (ORs). In humans, around 400 ORs enable the sense of smell. The OR family comprises two main classes: class I ORs are tuned to carboxylic acids whereas class II ORs, which represent most of the human repertoire, respond to a wide variety of odorants. A fundamental challenge in understanding olfaction is the inability to visualize odorant binding to ORs. Here we uncover molecular properties of odorant-OR interactions by using engineered ORs crafted using a consensus protein design strategy. Because such consensus ORs (consORs) are derived from the 17 major subfamilies of human ORs, they provide a template for modelling individual native ORs with high sequence and structural homology. The biochemical tractability of consORs enabled the determination of four cryogenic electron microscopy structures of distinct consORs with specific ligand recognition properties. The structure of a class I consOR, consOR51, showed high structural similarity to the native human receptor OR51E2 and generated a homology model of a related member of the human OR51 family with high predictive power. Structures of three class II consORs revealed distinct modes of odorant-binding and activation mechanisms between class I and class II ORs. Thus, the structures of consORs lay the groundwork for understanding molecular recognition of odorants by the OR superfamily.

PubMed: 39478229
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08126-0

Experimental method

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (3.2 Å)