Intermonomer interactions are essential for lysosomal enzyme binding by the cation-dependent mannose 6-phosphate receptor.

ABSTRACT: The 46 kDa cation-dependent mannose 6-phosphate receptor (CD-MPR) plays a key role in the delivery of lysosomal enzymes to the lysosome by binding newly synthesized mannose 6-phosphate (Man-6-P)-containing acid hydrolases and diverting them from the secretory pathway. Previous studies on a truncated form of the receptor comprised of only the soluble extracellular region (sCD-MPR, residues 1-154) have shown that the CD-MPR exists as a homodimer and exhibits two distinct conformations in the ligand-bound versus ligand-unbound states, involving changes in quaternary structure and positioning of loop D, the residues of which form a side of the binding pocket in the presence of ligand. To determine the role of intermonomer contacts in the functioning of the sCD-MPR, site-directed mutagenesis wa

SUBMITTER: Olson LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2802658 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature