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Glycan Binding Proteins. Glycan Binding Proteins – the latest 3D model. Y.S. Laurent (2012) Yves Saint Laurent Introduces Glycobiology , www.youtube.com/v/lmyIuUr8Bmk. Glycan-Protein Recognition – Defining terms. Carbohydrate recognition domain (CRD). Carbohydrate binding determinant.
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Glycan Binding Proteins – the latest 3D model Y.S. Laurent (2012) Yves Saint Laurent Introduces Glycobiology, www.youtube.com/v/lmyIuUr8Bmk
Glycan-Protein Recognition – Defining terms Carbohydrate recognition domain (CRD) Carbohydrate binding determinant Lectin =Glycan Binding Protein (GBP) Glycan Sharon and Lis (1993) Scientific American
Glycan Binding Proteins Objectives • Learn the diversity and families of glycan binding proteins • Learn the molecular/structural strategies used in protein-glycan binding and recognition • Learn the methods and resources for determining glycan binding protein specificities • Learn about plant lectins as tools in glycobiology research • Learn about glycan binding strategies used by pathogens
Glycan Binding Proteins Objectives • Learn the diversity and families of glycan binding proteins • Learn the molecular/structural strategies used in protein-glycan binding and recognition • Learn the methods and resources for determining glycan binding protein specificities • Learn about plant lectins as tools in glycobiology research • Learn about glycan binding strategies used by pathogens
Glycan binding protein diversity – phylogeny & function Sharon and Lis (2004) Glycobiology 14:53R
There are >80 mammalian lectins in at least a dozen distinct families Second Edition Essentials of Glycobiology
C-type lectins – diverse domain structures for diverse functions Kurt Drickamer, Imperial College Londonhttp://www.imperial.ac.uk/research/animallectins
Animal lectins – structural classes Kurt Drickamer, Imperial College, http://www.imperial.ac.uk/research/animallectins/ctld/lectins.html
Animal lectins – structural classes Kurt Drickamer, Imperial College, http://www.imperial.ac.uk/research/animallectins/ctld/lectins.html
Animal lectins – cellular locations cell membrane intracellular extracellular Dodd, R.B. and Drickamer, K. (2001) Glycobiology 11, 71R-79R
Lectin phylogeny Kurt Drickamer, Imperial College, http://www.imperial.ac.uk/research/animallectins/ctld/lectins.html
Glycan Binding Proteins Objectives • Learn the diversity and families of glycan binding proteins • Learn the molecular/structural strategies used in protein-glycan binding and recognition • Learn the methods and resources for determining glycan binding protein specificities • Learn about plant lectins as tools in glycobiology research • Learn about glycan binding strategies used by pathogens
Glycan Binding Proteins Objectives • Learn the diversity and families of glycan binding proteins • Learn the molecular/structural strategies used in protein-glycan binding and recognition • Learn the methods and resources for determining glycan binding protein specificities • Learn about plant lectins as tools in glycobiology research • Learn about glycan binding strategies used by pathogens
Glycan properties for molecular recognition and binding energy Galactose Glucose Mannose Sialic Acid
Principles of lectin-carbohydrate recognition • Precisely spaced cooperative hydrogen bonds • direct or through bound water molecules • Hydrophobic stacking • Ionic interactions (for charged glycans) • Calcium coordination (select lectins) • Low site-affinity / high-avidity polyvalent binding
A “simple” example: GlcNAc binding to wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) Neumann, D., et al. (2004) Adv. Drug Deliv. Rev. 56, 437
Influenza virus hemagglutinin (side and top views, arrows are sugar binding sites) Weis et al (1988) Nature 333:426
Sialic acid binding to influenza virus hemagglutinin Weis et al (1988) Nature 333:426 - hydrogen bonds - hydrophobic stacking - polyvalent binding
Siglec-1 CRD May, A.P., et al. (1998) Mol. Cell 1, 719-728
Principles of glycan-lectin binding: -hydrogen bonds -hydrophobic stacking -ionic interactions May, A.P., et al. (1998) Mol. Cell 1, 719-728
Weis & Drickamer (1994) Structure 2, 1227 • hydrogen bonds • hydrophobic stacking • calcium coordination • - polyvalent binding Drickamer (1997) Structure 5, 465
Polyvalency in lectin binding – low site affinity, high polyvalent avidity Inhibition of radiolabeled galactoside binding to intact rabbit hepatocytes The mammalian hepatic C-type lectin is a A2B trimer, each subunit having a single galactose binding site Glycan added (M) Lee et al (1983) J Biol Chem 258, 199
Glycan Binding Proteins Objectives • Learn the diversity and families of glycan binding proteins • Learn the molecular/structural strategies used in protein-glycan binding and recognition • Learn the methods and resources for determining glycan binding protein specificities • Learn about plant lectins as tools in glycobiology research • Learn about glycan binding strategies used by pathogens
Glycan Binding Proteins Objectives • Learn the diversity and families of glycan binding proteins • Learn the molecular/structural strategies used in protein-glycan binding and recognition • Learn the methods and resources for determining glycan binding protein specificities • Learn about plant lectins as tools in glycobiology research • Learn about glycan binding strategies used by pathogens
Lectins were originally identified as “hemagglutinins” Influenza “hemagglutinin”… red cells fall to the bottom unless they are crosslinked. Samples A, D, and E are active http://www.virology.ws/2009/05/27/influenza-hemagglutination-inhibition-assay/ Sugar binding specificity - inhibition of galectin-induced hemagglutination by lactose Ola et al (2007) Cell Biology International 31, 578
Method to determine glycan binding specificity by structurally-specific reconstitution Paulson JC and Rogers GN (1987) Methods Enzymol138, 162 Kelm, et al. (1994) Curr. Biol. 4, 965
Latest technology – glycan microarrays Overlay with labeled GBP, wash, detect Stamp derivatized glycans onto glass slides Ola Blixt, Copenhagen Center for Glycomics http://glycomics.ku.dk/research/glyco-biomarkers/microarray/
Glycan microarray Stevens et al (2006) Nat Rev Microbiol 4:857
Microarray decoding of the binding specificity of influenza hemagglutinins Stevens, et al. (2006) Nat Rev Microbiol. 4:857-64
Decoding the binding specificity of recent H7N9 avian/human influenza (bird flu) Yang, et al. (2013) J Virol 87, 12433-46
6’Su-sialyl-LacNAc 6’Su-sialyl-Lex Siglec-8 glycan microarray binding Bochner et al (2005) J Biol Chem 280:4307& Bochner (2011) http://www.functionalglycomics.org/ Glycan array public resource: http://functionalglycomics.org Influenza A Puerto Rico Cyanovirin-N UlexEuropaeus Agglutinin (UEA-I)
Glycan Binding Proteins Objectives • Learn the diversity and families of glycan binding proteins • Learn the molecular/structural strategies used in protein-glycan binding and recognition • Learn the methods and resources for determining glycan binding protein specificities • Learn about plant lectins as tools in glycobiology research • Learn about glycan binding strategies used by pathogens
Glycan Binding Proteins Objectives • Learn the diversity and families of glycan binding proteins • Learn the molecular/structural strategies used in protein-glycan binding and recognition • Learn the methods and resources for determining glycan binding protein specificities • Learn about plant lectins as tools in glycobiology research • Learn about glycan binding strategies used by pathogens
Plant lectins • Found in a variety of legumes and other plants, often in seeds • Discovered by their hemagglutinating activities • Proposed to function in plant pathogen or symbiont recognition but data is not compelling • Broad variety of glycan specificities - many have yet to be defined in detail • Often sturdy proteins suitable for research, biotechnology and diagnostic applications
“umbrella murder” of GeorgiMarkov by the Bulgarian secret police https://www.vectorlabs.com/data/brochures/K4-K7.pdf
Plant lectin research correlation – seeking diagnostic glycosylation changes in cancer 94 different lectins arrayed for binding tissue extracted proteins Li et al (2011)Anal Chem83:8509
Glycan Binding Proteins Objectives • Learn the diversity and families of glycan binding proteins • Learn the molecular/structural strategies used in protein-glycan binding and recognition • Learn the methods and resources for determining glycan binding protein specificities • Learn about plant lectins as tools in glycobiology research • Learn about glycan binding strategies used by pathogens
Glycan Binding Proteins Objectives • Learn the diversity and families of glycan binding proteins • Learn the molecular/structural strategies used in protein-glycan binding and recognition • Learn the methods and resources for determining glycan binding protein specificities • Learn about plant lectins as tools in glycobiology research • Learn about glycan binding strategies used by pathogens
Pathogen glycan binding proteins • Viruses use glycan binding proteins (viral hemagglutinins) to infect cells • Many bacterial toxins are lectins • Bacteria use surface lectins to adhere to target cells • Eukaryotic microbes use lectins to adhere to target cells Second Edition Essentials of Glycobiology
Influenza virus lifecycle Linda Stannard: http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/mmi/stannard/fluvirus.html Laver et al (1999) Scientific American, Jan issue, pp78-87
Influenza virus neuraminidase Gubareva et al (2000) Lancet 355:827
Rational design of an anti-influenza drug based on sialic acid binding to the viral neuraminidase von Itzstein et al (1993) Nature 363:418
Peters, P.H., et al. (2001) J Am Geriatr Soc 49, 1025 Influenza virus budding in vitro without (top) and with (bottom) neuraminidase inhibitor Gubareva et al (2000) Lancet 355:827
Pathogen glycan binding proteins • Viruses use glycan binding proteins (viral hemagglutinins) to infect cells • Many bacterial toxins are lectins • Bacteria use surface lectins to adhere to target cells • Eukaryotic microbes use lectins to adhere to target cells Second Edition Essentials of Glycobiology
Bacterial AB5 toxins • Cholera toxin • E coli enterotoxin • Pertussis toxin • Shiga toxin • Shiga-like verotoxins Merritt et al (1994) Protein Science 3:166 Fishman and Brady (1976) Science 194:906
Cholera toxin B-pentamer binding GM1 – extended glycan engagement Essentials of Glycobiology Merritt et al (1994) Protein Science 3:166 Second Edition
Pathogen glycan binding proteins • Viruses use glycan binding proteins (viral hemagglutinins) to infect cells • Many bacterial toxins are lectins • Bacteria use surface lectins to adhere to target cells • Eukaryotic microbes use lectins to adhere to target cells