ArticleCell chemical biology2020
Regulation of MIF Enzymatic Activity by an Allosteric Site at the Central Solvent Channel.
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- A cryptic symmetry switch allosterically controls how the PF4 self-protein turns into a pathogenic antigen.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Helminth proteins recapitulate key structural motifs of MIF to facilitate immunomodulation of host receptors.iScience · 2026Article
- Stable Transfection of CD74 Gene Variants into A549 Lung Adenocarcinoma Cell Line.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Generation of High-Quality D-Dopachrome Tautomerase Crystals for Structural Studies.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Generation of MIF Peptides via Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Using 4-HPP and PP as Substrates to Assess Purified MIF and D-DT Tautomerase Activity and Inhibition.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026Article
- A cytokine-based designer enzyme with an abiological multinuclear metal center exhibits intrinsic and extrinsic catalysis.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Conformational Flexibility of the C-Terminal Region Influences Distal Active Site Residues Across the Tautomerase Superfamily.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Redox-dependent plasticity of oxMIF facilitates its interaction with CD74 and therapeutic antibodies.Redox biology · 2024Article
- The Role of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) and D-Dopachrome Tautomerase (D-DT/MIF-2) in Infections: A Clinical Perspective.Biomedicines · 2023Review
- Allosteric Inhibitors of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) Interfere with Apoptosis-Inducing Factor (AIF) Co-Localization to Prevent Parthanatos.Journal of medicinal chemistry · 2023Article
- Ligand-induced conformational changes enable intersubunit communications in D-dopachrome tautomerase.Biophysical journal · 2023Article
- Thieno[2,3-Journal of medicinal chemistry · 2022Article
- Destabilization of macrophage migration inhibitory factor by 4-IPP reduces NF-κB/P-TEFb complex-mediated c-Myb transcription to suppress osteosarcoma tumourigenesis.Clinical and translational medicine · 2022Article
- A Cysteine Variant at an Allosteric Site Alters MIF Dynamics and Biological Function in Homo- and Heterotrimeric Assemblies.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2022Article
- The N-terminus of MIF regulates the dynamic profile of residues involved in CD74 activation.Biophysical journal · 2021Article
- Molecular Level Insights Into the Structural and Dynamic Factors Driving Cytokine Function.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2021Review
- 7-Hydroxycoumarins Are Affinity-Based Fluorescent Probes for Competitive Binding Studies of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor.Journal of medicinal chemistry · 2020Article
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Abstract
In proteins with multiple functions, such as macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), the study of its intramolecular dynamic network can offer a unique opportunity to understand how a single protein is able to carry out several nonoverlapping functions. A dynamic mechanism that controls the MIF-induced activation of CD74 was recently discovered. In this study, the regulation of tautomerase activity was explored. The catalytic base Pro1 is found to form dynamic communications with the same allosteric node that regulates CD74 activation. Signal transmission between the allosteric and catalytic sites take place through intramolecular aromatic interactions and a hydrogen bond network that involves residues and water molecules of the MIF solvent channel. Once thought to be a consequence of trimerization, a regulatory function for the solvent channel is now defined. These results provide mechanistic insights into the regulation of catalytic activity and the role of solvent channel water molecules in MIF catalysis.
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