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ArticleScientific reports2016

STARD6 on steroids: solution structure, multiple timescale backbone dynamics and ligand binding mechanism.

Danny Létourneau, Mikaël Bédard, Jérôme Cabana, Andrée Lefebvre, Jean-Guy LeHoux, Pierre Lavigne

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Danny LétourneauDépartement de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Qc., Canada.
Mikaël BédardDépartement de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Qc., Canada.
Jérôme CabanaDépartement de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Qc., Canada.
Andrée LefebvreDépartement de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Qc., Canada.
Jean-Guy LeHouxDépartement de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Qc., Canada.
Pierre LavigneDépartement de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Qc., Canada.
Université de Sherbrooke · CA

Funding

CIHR
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

START domain proteins are conserved α/β helix-grip fold that play a role in the non-vesicular and intracellular transport of lipids and sterols. The mechanism and conformational changes permitting the entry of the ligand into their buried binding sites is not well understood. Moreover, their functions and the identification of cognate ligands is still an active area of research. Here, we report the solution structure of STARD6 and the characterization of its backbone dynamics on multiple time-scales through (15)N spin-relaxation and amide exchange studies. We reveal for the first time the presence of concerted fluctuations in the Ω1 loop and the C-terminal helix on the microsecond-millisecond time-scale that allows for the opening of the binding site and ligand entry. We also report that STARD6 binds specifically testosterone. Our work represents a milestone for the study of ligand binding mechanism by other START domains and the elucidation of the biological function of STARD6.

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Binding SitesHumansKineticsLigandsMembrane Transport ProteinsModels, MolecularNuclear Magnetic Resonance, BiomolecularProtein BindingProtein ConformationSteroidsLigandsMembrane Transport ProteinsSTARD6 protein, humanSteroids

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PMID27340016
PMCPMC4919784
OpenAlexW2464323932

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