Protein-Ligand Interactions in the STING Binding Site Probed by Rationally Designed Single-Point Mutations: Experiment and Theory
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Alternative codes found
RIV/86652036:_____/21:00554896 RIV/00216208:11310/21:10426610
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.0c00949" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.0c00949</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.0c00949" target="_blank" >10.1021/acs.biochem.0c00949</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Protein-Ligand Interactions in the STING Binding Site Probed by Rationally Designed Single-Point Mutations: Experiment and Theory
Original language description
STING protein (stimulator of interferon genes) plays an important role in the innate immune system. A number of potent compounds regulating its activity have been reported, mostly derivatives of cyclic dinucleotides (CDNs), natural STING agonists. Here, we aim to provide complementary information to large-scale „ligand-profiling“ studies by probing the importance of STING-CDN protein-ligand interactions on the protein side. We examined in detail six typical CDNs each in complex with 13 rationally devised mutations in STING: S162A, S162T, Y167F, G230A, R232K, R232H, A233L, A233I, R238K, T263A, T263S, R293Q, and G230A/R293Q. The mutations switch on and off various types of protein-ligand interactions: π-πstacking, hydrogen bonding, ionic pairing, and nonpolar contacts. We correlated experimental data obtained by differential scanning fluorimetry, X-ray crystallography, and isothermal titration calorimetry with theoretical calculations. This enabled us to provide a mechanistic interpretation of the differences in the binding of representative CDNs to STING. We observed that the G230A mutation increased the thermal stability of the protein-ligand complex, indicating an increased level of ligand binding, whereas R238K and Y167F led to a complete loss of stabilization (ligand binding). The effects of the other mutations depended on the type of ligand (CDN) and varied, to some extent. A very good correlation (R2 = 0.6) between the experimental binding affinities and interaction energies computed by quantum chemical methods enabled us to explain the effect of the studied mutations in detail and evaluate specific interactions quantitatively. Our work may inspire development of high-affinity ligands against the common STING haplotypes by targeting the key (sometimes non-intuitive) protein-ligand interactions.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10608 - Biochemistry and molecular biology
Result continuities
Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Biochemistry
ISSN
0006-2960
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
60
Issue of the periodical within the volume
8
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
14
Pages from-to
607-620
UT code for WoS article
000626270000006
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85101509244