Ligand-induced structural changes of the CD44 hyaluronan-binding domain revealed by NMR

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Abstract

CD44, a major cell surface receptor for hyaluronan (HA), contains a functional domain responsible for HA binding at its N terminus (residues 21-178). Accumulating evidence indicates that proteolytic cleavage of CD44 in its extracellular region (residues 21-268) leads to enhanced tumor cell migration and invasion. Hence, understanding the mechanisms underlying the CD44 proteolytic cleavage is important for understanding the mechanism of CD44-mediated tumor progression. Here we present the NMR structure of the HA-binding domain of CD44 in its HA-bound state. The structure is composed of the Link module (residues 32-124) and an extended lobe (residues 21-31 and 125-152). Interestingly, a comparison of its unbound and HA-bound structures revealed that rearrangement of the β-strands in the extended lobe (residues 143-148) and disorder of the structure in the following C-terminal region (residues 153-169) occurred upon HA binding, which is consistent with the results of trypsin proteolysis studies of the CD44 HA-binding domain. The order-to-disorder transition of the C-terminal region by HA binding may be involved in the CD44-mediated cell migration. © 2006 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.

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Takeda, M., Ogino, S., Umemoto, R., Sakakura, M., Kajiwara, M., Sugahara, K. N., … Shimada, I. (2006). Ligand-induced structural changes of the CD44 hyaluronan-binding domain revealed by NMR. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 281(52), 40089–40095. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M608425200

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