Protein-Ligand Interactions in the STING Binding Site Probed by Rationally Designed Single-Point Mutations: Experiment and Theory

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Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Protein-Ligand Interactions in the STING Binding Site Probed by Rationally Designed Single-Point Mutations: Experiment and Theory

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Protein-Ligand Interactions in the STING Binding Site Probed by Rationally Designed Single-Point Mutations: Experiment and Theory

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10608 - Biochemistry and molecular biology

Projekt

Výsledek vznikl pri realizaci vícero projektů. Více informací v záložce Projekty.

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Biochemistry

ISSN

0006-2960

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

60

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

8

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

14

Strana od-do

607-620

Kód UT WoS článku

000626270000006

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85101509244