2AMB
Crystal structure of human androgen receptor ligand binding domain in complex with tetrahydrogestrinone
Summary for 2AMB
Entry DOI | 10.2210/pdb2amb/pdb |
Related | 2AM9 2AMA |
Descriptor | Androgen receptor, SULFATE ION, 17-HYDROXY-18A-HOMO-19-NOR-17ALPHA-PREGNA-4,9,11-TRIEN-3-ONE, ... (7 entities in total) |
Functional Keywords | nuclear receptor, androgen receptor, ligand binding domain, thg, agonist, designer androgen, hormone-growth factor receptor complex, hormone/growth factor receptor |
Biological source | Homo sapiens (human) |
Cellular location | Nucleus: P10275 |
Total number of polymer chains | 1 |
Total formula weight | 31889.35 |
Authors | Pereira de Jesus-Tran, K.,Cote, P.-L.,Cantin, L.,Blanchet, J.,Labrie, F.,Breton, R. (deposition date: 2005-08-09, release date: 2006-05-16, Last modification date: 2024-11-20) |
Primary citation | Pereira de Jesus-Tran, K.,Cote, P.-L.,Cantin, L.,Blanchet, J.,Labrie, F.,Breton, R. Comparison of crystal structures of human androgen receptor ligand-binding domain complexed with various agonists reveals molecular determinants responsible for binding affinity. Protein Sci., 15:987-999, 2006 Cited by PubMed Abstract: Androgens exert their effects by binding to the highly specific androgen receptor (AR). In addition to natural potent androgens, AR binds a variety of synthetic agonist or antagonist molecules with different affinities. To identify molecular determinants responsible for this selectivity, we have determined the crystal structure of the human androgen receptor ligand-binding domain (hARLBD) in complex with two natural androgens, testosterone (Testo) and dihydrotestosterone (DHT), and with an androgenic steroid used in sport doping, tetrahydrogestrinone (THG), at 1.64, 1.90, and 1.75 A resolution, respectively. Comparison of these structures first highlights the flexibility of several residues buried in the ligand-binding pocket that can accommodate a variety of ligand structures. As expected, the ligand structure itself (dimension, presence, and position of unsaturated bonds that influence the geometry of the steroidal nucleus or the electronic properties of the neighboring atoms, etc.) determines the number of interactions it can make with the hARLBD. Indeed, THG--which possesses the highest affinity--establishes more van der Waals contacts with the receptor than the other steroids, whereas the geometry of the atoms forming electrostatic interactions at both extremities of the steroid nucleus seems mainly responsible for the higher affinity measured experimentally for DHT over Testo. Moreover, estimation of the ligand-receptor interaction energy through modeling confirms that even minor modifications in ligand structure have a great impact on the strength of these interactions. Our crystallographic data combined with those obtained by modeling will be helpful in the design of novel molecules with stronger affinity for the AR. PubMed: 16641486DOI: 10.1110/ps.051905906 PDB entries with the same primary citation |
Experimental method | X-RAY DIFFRACTION (1.75 Å) |
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