title: A bioorthogonal small-molecule-switch system for controlling protein function in live cells.
abstract: Chemically induced dimerization (CID) has proven to be a powerful tool for modulating protein interactions. However, the traditional dimerizer rapamycin has limitations in certain in vivo applications because of its slow reversibility and its affinity for endogenous proteins. Described herein is a bioorthogonal system for rapidly reversible CID. A novel dimerizer with synthetic ligand of FKBP' (SLF') linked to trimethoprim (TMP). The SLF' moiety binds to the F36V mutant of FK506-binding protein (FKBP) and the TMP moiety binds to E. coli dihydrofolate reductase (eDHFR). SLF'-TMP-induced heterodimerization of FKBP(F36V) and eDHFR with a dissociation constant of 0.12 μM. Addition of TMP alone was sufficient to rapidly disrupt this heterodimerization. Two examples are presented to demonstrate that this system is an invaluable tool, which can be widely used to rapidly and reversibly control protein function in vivo.
authors: Chemical Genomics Centre of the Max Planck Society, Otto-Hahn-Str. 15, 44227 Dortmund (Germany) http://www.cgc.mpg.de/index.php/research-groups/rg-dr-yaowen-wu/research; Abteilung Physikalische Biochemie, Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Physiologie, Otto-Hahn-Str. 11, 44227, Dortmund (Germany).
authors: Peng
authors: P
authors: Liu
authors: Abram
authors: A
authors: Calderon
authors: Georgios
authors: G
authors: Konstantinidis
authors: Jian
authors: J
authors: Hou
authors: Stephanie
authors: S
authors: Voss
authors: Xi
authors: X
authors: Chen
authors: Fu
authors: F
authors: Li
authors: Soumya
authors: S
authors: Banerjee
authors: Jan-Erik
authors: JE
authors: Hoffmann
authors: Christiane
authors: C
authors: Theiss
authors: Leif
authors: L
authors: Dehmelt
authors: Yao-Wen
authors: YW
authors: Wu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019556:COS Cells; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D019281:Dimerization; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000166:cytology* / Q000201:enzymology*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D050296:Microbial Viability; D054852:Small Molecule Libraries / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D022021:Tacrolimus Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D013762:Tetrahydrofolate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D054852:Small Molecule Libraries; D013762:Tetrahydrofolate Dehydrogenase; D022021:Tacrolimus Binding Proteins
keywords: cell protrusion; dimerization; fluorescence; intracellular translocation; proteins