title: Amino acids 3-13 and amino acids in and flanking the 23FxxLF27 motif modulate the interaction between the N-terminal and ligand-binding domain of the androgen receptor.
abstract: The N-terminal domain (NTD) and the ligand-binding domain (LBD) of the androgen receptor (AR) exhibit a ligand-dependent interaction (N/C interaction). Amino acids 3-36 in the NTD (AR3-36) play a dominant role in this interaction. Previously, it has been shown that a PhixxPhiPhi motif in AR3-36, 23FxxLF27, is essential for LBD interaction. We demonstrate in the current study that AR3-36 can be subdivided into two functionally distinct fragments: AR3-13 and AR16-36. AR3-13 does not directly interact with the AR LBD, but rather contributes to the transactivation function of the AR.NTD-AR.LBD complex. AR16-36, encompassing the 23FxxLF27 motif, is predicted to fold into a long amphipathic alpha-helix. A second PhixxPhiPhi candidate protein interaction motif within the helical structure, 30VREVI34, shows no affinity to the LBD. Within AR16-36, amino acid residues in and flanking the 23FxxLF27 motif are demonstrated to modulate N/C interaction. Substitution of Q24 and N25 by alanine residues enhances N/C interaction. Substitution of amino acids flanking the 23FxxLF27 motif by alanines are inhibitory to LBD interaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Josephine Nefkens Institute, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Karine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Steketee
authors.forename: Cor A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Berrevoets
authors.forename: Hendrikus J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Dubbink
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Doesburg
authors.forename: Remko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hersmus
authors.forename: Albert O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Brinkmann
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Trapman
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D016466:CHO Cells; D006224:Cricetinae; D017931:DNA Primers; D008024:Ligands; D011944:Receptors, Androgen / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D017931:DNA Primers; D008024:Ligands; D011944:Receptors, Androgen