Residue 6.43 defines receptor function in class F GPCRs

Ainoleena Turku, Hannes Schihada, Pawel Kozielewicz, Carl-Fredrik Bowin and Gunnar Schulte ()
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Ainoleena Turku: Karolinska Institutet, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Sec. Receptor Biology & Signaling, Biomedicum 6D
Hannes Schihada: Karolinska Institutet, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Sec. Receptor Biology & Signaling, Biomedicum 6D
Pawel Kozielewicz: Karolinska Institutet, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Sec. Receptor Biology & Signaling, Biomedicum 6D
Carl-Fredrik Bowin: Karolinska Institutet, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Sec. Receptor Biology & Signaling, Biomedicum 6D
Gunnar Schulte: Karolinska Institutet, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Sec. Receptor Biology & Signaling, Biomedicum 6D

Nature Communications, 2021, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-14

Abstract: Abstract The class Frizzled of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), consisting of ten Frizzled (FZD1-10) subtypes and Smoothened (SMO), remains one of the most enigmatic GPCR families. While SMO relies on cholesterol binding to the 7TM core of the receptor to activate downstream signaling, underlying details of receptor activation remain obscure for FZDs. Here, we aimed to investigate the activation mechanisms of class F receptors utilizing a computational biology approach and mutational analysis of receptor function in combination with ligand binding and downstream signaling assays in living cells. Our results indicate that FZDs differ substantially from SMO in receptor activation-associated conformational changes. SMO manifests a preference for a straight TM6 in both ligand binding and functional readouts. Similar to the majority of GPCRs, FZDs present with a kinked TM6 upon activation owing to the presence of residue P6.43. Functional comparison of FZD and FZD P6.43F mutants in different assay formats monitoring ligand binding, G protein activation, DVL2 recruitment and TOPflash activity, however, underlines further the functional diversity among FZDs and not only between FZDs and SMO.

Date: 2021
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