The Drosophila peptidoglycan-recognition protein LF interacts with peptidoglycan-recognition protein LC to downregulate the Imd pathway |
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Authors: | Basbous Nada Coste Franck Leone Philippe Vincentelli Renaud Royet Julien Kellenberger Christine Roussel Alain |
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Institution: | Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, UPR 4301 CNRS, Rue Charles Sadron, Orléans 2 45071, France. |
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Abstract: | The peptidoglycan (PGN)‐recognition protein LF (PGRP‐LF) is a specific negative regulator of the immune deficiency (Imd) pathway in Drosophila. We determine the crystal structure of the two PGRP domains constituting the ectodomain of PGRP‐LF at 1.72 and 1.94 Å resolution. The structures show that the LFz and LFw domains do not have a PGN‐docking groove that is found in other PGRP domains, and they cannot directly interact with PGN, as confirmed by biochemical‐binding assays. By using surface plasmon resonance analysis, we show that the PGRP‐LF ectodomain interacts with the PGRP‐LCx ectodomain in the absence and presence of tracheal cytotoxin. Our results suggest a mechanism for downregulation of the Imd pathway on the basis of the competition between PRGP‐LCa and PGRP‐LF to bind to PGRP‐LCx. |
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Keywords: | Drosophila innate immunity structural biology |
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