9D3F

Water and chloride as allosteric inhibitors in WNK kinase osmosensing

9D3F の概要

• エントリーDOI: 10.2210/pdb9d3f/pdb
• 分子名称: Serine/threonine-protein kinase WNK1 (2 entities in total)
• 機能のキーワード: wnk1, kinase, peg400, complex, transferase
• 由来する生物種: Rattus norvegicus (Norway rat)
• タンパク質・核酸の鎖数: 1
• 化学式量合計: 33511.52

構造登録者

Akella, R.,Goldsmith, E.J. (登録日: 2024-08-09, 公開日: 2024-12-11)

主引用文献

Teixeira, L.R.,Akella, R.,Humphreys, J.M.,He, H.,Goldsmith, E.J.
Water and chloride as allosteric inhibitors in WNK kinase osmosensing.
Elife, 12:-, 2024

PubMed Abstract: Osmotic stress and chloride regulate the autophosphorylation and activity of the WNK1 and WNK3 kinase domains. The kinase domain of unphosphorylated WNK1 (uWNK1) is an asymmetric dimer possessing water molecules conserved in multiple uWNK1 crystal structures. Conserved waters are present in two networks, referred to here as conserved water networks 1 and 2 (CWN1 and CWN2). Here, we show that PEG400 applied to crystals of dimeric uWNK1 induces de-dimerization. Both the WNK1 the water networks and the chloride-binding site are disrupted by PEG400. CWN1 is surrounded by a cluster of pan-WNK-conserved charged residues. Here, we mutagenized these charges in WNK3, a highly active WNK isoform kinase domain, and WNK1, the isoform best studied crystallographically. Mutation of E314 in the Activation Loop of WNK3 (WNK3/E314Q and WNK3/E314A, and the homologous WNK1/E388A) enhanced the rate of autophosphorylation, and reduced chloride sensitivity. Other WNK3 mutants reduced the rate of autophosphorylation activity coupled with greater chloride sensitivity than wild-type. The water and chloride regulation thus appear linked. The lower activity of some mutants may reflect effects on catalysis. Crystallography showed that activating mutants introduced conformational changes in similar parts of the structure to those induced by PEG400. WNK activating mutations and crystallography support a role for CWN1 in WNK inhibition consistent with water functioning as an allosteric ligand.

PubMed: 39584807
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.88224

実験手法

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2 Å)