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Originally published in Science Express on 29 November 2002
Science 20 December 2002:
Vol. 298. no. 5602, pp. 2353 - 2358
DOI: 10.1126/science.1078124

Research Articles

Structure of the LDL Receptor Extracellular Domain at Endosomal pH

Gabby Rudenko,1 Lisa Henry,13 Keith Henderson,4 Konstantin Ichtchenko,2* Michael S. Brown,2 Joseph L. Goldstein,2 Johann Deisenhofer13dagger

The low-density lipoprotein receptor mediates cholesterol homeostasis through endocytosis of lipoproteins. It discharges its ligand in the endosome at pH < 6. In the crystal structure at pH = 5.3, the ligand-binding domain (modules R2 to R7) folds back as an arc over the epidermal growth factor precursor homology domain (the modules A, B, beta  propeller, and C). The modules R4 and R5, which are critical for lipoprotein binding, associate with the beta  propeller via their calcium-binding loop. We propose a mechanism for lipoprotein release in the endosome whereby the beta  propeller functions as an alternate substrate for the ligand-binding domain, binding in a calcium-dependent way and promoting lipoprotein release.

1 Department of Biochemistry,
2 Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard Y4-206, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
3 Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
4 Berkeley Center for Structural Biology, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, MS 6R2100, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
*   Present address: New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.

dagger    To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Johann.Deisenhofer{at}UTSouthwestern.edu


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