1. The linker region of breast cancer resistance protein ABCG2 is critical for coupling of ATP-dependent drug transport.
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Macalou S, Robey RW, Jabor Gozzi G, Shukla S, Grosjean I, Hegedus T, Ambudkar SV, Bates SE, and Di Pietro A
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- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily G, Member 2, ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters chemistry, ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters genetics, Adenosine analogs & derivatives, Adenosine pharmacology, Adenosine Triphosphatases antagonists & inhibitors, Adenosine Triphosphatases metabolism, Adenosine Triphosphate metabolism, Amino Acid Sequence, Antineoplastic Agents pharmacology, Breast Neoplasms metabolism, Breast Neoplasms pathology, Cell Proliferation drug effects, Cell Survival drug effects, Diketopiperazines, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, Female, HEK293 Cells, Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings, Humans, Mitoxantrone metabolism, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, Neoplasm Proteins chemistry, Neoplasm Proteins genetics, Sequence Alignment, ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters metabolism, Antineoplastic Agents metabolism, Neoplasm Proteins metabolism
- Abstract
The ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters of class G display a different domain organisation than P-glycoprotein/ABCB1 and bacterial homologues with a nucleotide-binding domain preceding the transmembrane domain. The linker region connecting these domains is unique and its function and structure cannot be predicted. Sequence analysis revealed that the human ABCG2 linker contains a LSGGE sequence, homologous to the canonical C-motif/ABC signature present in all ABC nucleotide-binding domains. Predictions of disorder and of secondary structures indicated that this C2-sequence was highly mobile and located between an α-helix and a loop similarly to the C-motif. Point mutations of the two first residues of the C2-sequence fully abolished the transport-coupled ATPase activity, and led to the complete loss of cell resistance to mitoxantrone. The interaction with potent, selective and non-competitive, ABCG2 inhibitors was also significantly altered upon mutation. These results suggest an important mechanistic role for the C2-sequence of the ABCG2 linker region in ATP binding and/or hydrolysis coupled to drug efflux.
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- 2016
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