title: Structure of the LDL receptor extracellular domain at endosomal pH.
abstract: The low-density lipoprotein receptor mediates cholesterol homeostasis through endocytosis of lipoproteins. It discharges its ligand in the endosome at pH < 6. In the crystal structure at pH = 5.3, the ligand-binding domain (modules R2 to R7) folds back as an arc over the epidermal growth factor precursor homology domain (the modules A, B, beta propeller, and C). The modules R4 and R5, which are critical for lipoprotein binding, associate with the beta propeller via their calcium-binding loop. We propose a mechanism for lipoprotein release in the endosome whereby the beta propeller functions as an alternate substrate for the ligand-binding domain, binding in a calcium-dependent way and promoting lipoprotein release.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard Y4-206, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
authors.forename: Gabby
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rudenko
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.forename: Konstantin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ichtchenko
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Joseph L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: Johann
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Deisenhofer
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D003460:Crystallization; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D011992:Endosomes / Q000378:metabolism*; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D008024:Ligands; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009154:Mutation; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017510:Protein Folding; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000737:chemistry; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011973:Receptors, LDL / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020449:Repetitive Sequences, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; D011498:Protein Precursors; D011973:Receptors, LDL; C036053:VLDL receptor; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D002118:Calcium