The architecture of transmembrane and cytoplasmic juxtamembrane regions of Toll-like receptors

F. D. Kornilov, A. V. Shabalkina, Cong Lin, P. E. Volynsky, E. F. Kot, A. L. Kayushin, V. A. Lushpa, M. V. Goncharuk, A. S. Arseniev, S. A. Goncharuk (), Xiaohui Wang () and K. S. Mineev ()
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F. D. Kornilov: Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry
A. V. Shabalkina: Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry
Cong Lin: Chinese Academy of Sciences
P. E. Volynsky: Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry
E. F. Kot: Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry
A. L. Kayushin: Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry
V. A. Lushpa: Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry
M. V. Goncharuk: Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry
A. S. Arseniev: Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry
S. A. Goncharuk: Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry
Xiaohui Wang: Chinese Academy of Sciences
K. S. Mineev: Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry

Nature Communications, 2023, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-12

Abstract: Abstract Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are the important participants of the innate immune response. Their spatial organization is well studied for the ligand-binding domains, while a lot of questions remain unanswered for the membrane and cytoplasmic regions of the proteins. Here we use solution NMR spectroscopy and computer simulations to investigate the spatial structures of transmembrane and cytoplasmic juxtamembrane regions of TLR2, TLR3, TLR5, and TLR9. According to our data, all the proteins reveal the presence of a previously unreported structural element, the cytoplasmic hydrophobic juxtamembrane α-helix. As indicated by the functional tests in living cells and bioinformatic analysis, this helix is important for receptor activation and plays a role, more complicated than a linker, connecting the transmembrane and cytoplasmic parts of the proteins.

Date: 2023
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