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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5473
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-6-28
pubmed:abstractText
Mutations introduced into human growth hormone (hGH) (Thr175 --> Gly-hGH) and the extracellular domain of the hGH receptor (Trp104 --> Gly-hGHbp) created a cavity at the protein-protein interface that resulted in binding affinity being reduced by a factor of 10(6). A small library of indole analogs was screened for small molecules that bind the cavity created by the mutations and restore binding affinity. The ligand 5-chloro-2-trichloromethylimidazole was found to increase the affinity of the mutant hormone for its receptor more than 1000-fold. Cell proliferation and JAK2 phosphorylation assays showed that the mutant hGH activates growth hormone signaling in the presence of added ligand. This approach may allow other protein-protein and protein-nucleic acid interactions to be switched on or off by the addition or depletion of exogenous small molecules.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0036-8075
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
288
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2042-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10856217-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10856217-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10856217-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:10856217-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:10856217-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:10856217-Human Growth Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:10856217-Imidazoles, pubmed-meshheading:10856217-Janus Kinase 2, pubmed-meshheading:10856217-Ligands, pubmed-meshheading:10856217-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10856217-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10856217-Peptide Library, pubmed-meshheading:10856217-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:10856217-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:10856217-Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:10856217-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10856217-Receptors, Somatotropin, pubmed-meshheading:10856217-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:10856217-Structure-Activity Relationship, pubmed-meshheading:10856217-Transfection
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Designing small-molecule switches for protein-protein interactions.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry and the Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't