Structural determinants of binding the seven-transmembrane domaine of the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R).

D. Yang, C. de Graaf, L. Yang, G. Song, A. Dai, W. Cai, Y. Feng, S. Reedtz-Runge, M.A. Hanson, H. Yang, H. Jiang, R.C. Stevens, W.M. Wang

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Abstract

The glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) belongs to the secretin-like (class B) family of G protein-coupled receptors. Members of the class B family are distinguished by their large extracellular domain, which works cooperatively with the canonical seven-transmembrane (7TM) helical domain to signal in response to binding of various peptide hormones. We have combined structure-based site-specific mutational studies with molecular dynamics simulations of a full-length model of GLP-1R bound to multiple peptide ligand variants. Despite the high sequence similarity between GLP-1R and its closest structural homologue, the glucagon receptor (GCGR), nearly half of the 62 stably expressed mutants affected GLP-1R in a different manner than the corresponding mutants in GCGR. The molecular dynamics simulations of wild-type and mutant GLP-1R•ligand complexes provided molecular insights into GLP-1Rspecific recognition mechanisms for the N terminus of GLP-1 by residues in the 7TM pocket and explained how glucagon-mimicking GLP-1 mutants restored binding affinity for (GCGRmimicking) GLP-1R mutants. Structural analysis of the simulations suggested that peptide ligand binding mode variations in the 7TM binding pocket are facilitated by movement of the extracellular domain relative to the 7TM bundle. These differences in binding modes may account for the pharmacological differences between GLP-1 peptide variants.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)12991-13004
JournalJournal of Biological Chemistry
Volume291
Issue number25
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016

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