The crystal structure of the RhoA–AKAP-Lbc DH–PH domain complex

The RhoGEF (Rho GTPase guanine-nucleotide-exchange factor) domain of AKAP-Lbc (A-kinase-anchoring protein-Lbc, also known as AKAP13) catalyses nucleotide exchange on RhoA and is involved in the development of cardiac hypertrophy. The RhoGEF activity of AKAP-Lbc has also been implicated in cancer. We have determined the X-ray crystal structure of the complex between RhoA–GDP and the AKAP-Lbc RhoGEF [DH (Dbl-homologous)–PH (pleckstrin homology)] domain to 2.1 Å (1 Å=0.1 nm) resolution. The structure reveals important differences compared with related RhoGEF proteins such as leukaemia-associated RhoGEF. Nucleotide-exchange assays comparing the activity of the DH–PH domain to the DH domain alone showed no role for the PH domain in nucleotide exchange, which is explained by the RhoA–AKAP-Lbc structure. Comparison with a structure of the isolated AKAP-Lbc DH domain revealed a change in conformation of the N-terminal ‘GEF switch’ region upon binding to RhoA. Isothermal titration calorimetry showed that AKAP-Lbc has only micromolar affinity for RhoA, which combined with the presence of potential binding pockets for small molecules on AKAP-Lbc, raises the possibility of targeting AKAP-Lbc with GEF inhibitors.

• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Biochemical Journal

• Publication date

  2014-09-04

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Chemistry

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  DOI 10.1042/BJ20140606PMID 25186459PMCID 4232260
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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