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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
42
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-10-13
pubmed:abstractText
The Toll/interleukin 1 receptor (TIR) domain is a region found in the cytoplasmic tails of members of the Toll-like receptor/interleukin-1 receptor superfamily. The domain is essential for signaling and is also found in the adaptor proteins Mal (MyD88 adaptor-like) and MyD88, which function to couple activation of the receptor to downstream signaling components. Experimental structures of two Toll/interleukin 1 receptor domains reveal a alpha-beta-fold similar to that of the bacterial chemotaxis protein CheY, and other evidence suggests that the adaptors can make heterotypic interactions with both the receptors and themselves. Here we show that the purified TIR domains of Mal and MyD88 can form stable heterodimers and also that Mal homodimers and oligomers are dissociated in the presence of ATP. To identify structural features that may contribute to the formation of signaling complexes, we produced models of the TIR domains from human Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), Mal, and MyD88. We found that although the overall fold is conserved the electrostatic surface potentials are quite distinct. Docking studies of the models suggest that Mal and MyD88 bind to different regions in TLRs 2 and 4, a finding consistent with a cooperative role of the two adaptors in signaling. Mal and MyD88 are predicted to interact at a third non-overlapping site, suggesting that the receptor and adaptors may form heterotetrameric complexes. The theoretical model of the interactions is supported by experimental data from glutathione S-transferase pull-downs and co-immunoprecipitations. Neither theoretical nor experimental data suggest a direct role for the conserved proline in the BB-loop in the association of TLR4, Mal, and MyD88. Finally we show a sequence relationship between the Drosophila protein Tube and Mal that may indicate a functional equivalence of these two adaptors in the Drosophila and vertebrate Toll pathways.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adenosine Triphosphate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antigens, Differentiation, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carrier Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Drosophila Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glutathione Transferase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Interleukin-1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/MYD88 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Glycoproteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Myd88 protein, Drosophila, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Cell Surface, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Immunologic, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Interleukin-1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Recombinant Fusion Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/TIRAP protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/TLR4 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Toll-Like Receptor 4, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Toll-Like Receptors
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
17
pubmed:volume
278
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
41443-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12888566-Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, pubmed-meshheading:12888566-Adenosine Triphosphate, pubmed-meshheading:12888566-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12888566-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12888566-Antigens, Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:12888566-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12888566-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:12888566-Cytoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:12888566-Dimerization, pubmed-meshheading:12888566-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:12888566-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12888566-Escherichia coli, pubmed-meshheading:12888566-Glutathione Transferase, pubmed-meshheading:12888566-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12888566-Interleukin-1, pubmed-meshheading:12888566-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:12888566-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:12888566-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:12888566-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12888566-Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88, pubmed-meshheading:12888566-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:12888566-Precipitin Tests, pubmed-meshheading:12888566-Protein Folding, pubmed-meshheading:12888566-Protein Structure, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:12888566-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:12888566-Receptors, Cell Surface, pubmed-meshheading:12888566-Receptors, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:12888566-Receptors, Interleukin-1, pubmed-meshheading:12888566-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12888566-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:12888566-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:12888566-Toll-Like Receptor 4, pubmed-meshheading:12888566-Toll-Like Receptors
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Structural complementarity of Toll/interleukin-1 receptor domains in Toll-like receptors and the adaptors Mal and MyD88.
pubmed:affiliation
Biochemistry and Biotechnology Institute, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't