Structure and Stability of Ago2 MID‐Nucleotide Complexes: All‐in‐One (Drop) His6‐SUMO Tag Removal, Nucleotide Binding, and Crystal Growth

Author:

Lei Li1,Harp Joel M.1,Chaput John C.2,Wassarman Kelly3,Schlegel Mark K.3,Manoharan Muthiah3,Egli Martin1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine Vanderbilt University Nashville Tennessee

2. Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences University of California Irvine California

3. Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Cambridge Massachusetts

Abstract

AbstractThe middle (MID) domain of eukaryotic Argonaute (Ago) proteins and archaeal and bacterial homologues mediates the interaction with the 5′‐terminal nucleotide of miRNA and siRNA guide strands. The MID domain of human Ago2 (hAgo2) is comprised of 139 amino acids with a molecular weight of 15.56 kDa. MID adopts a Rossman‐like beta1‐alpha1‐beta2‐alpha2‐beta3‐alpha3‐beta4‐alpha4 fold with a nucleotide specificity loop between beta3 and alpha3. Multiple crystal structures of nucleotides bound to hAgo2 MID have been reported, whereby complexes were obtained by soaking ligands into crystals of MID domain alone. This protocol describes a simplified one‐step approach to grow well‐diffracting crystals of hAgo2 MID‐nucleotide complexes by mixing purified His6‐SUMO‐MID fusion protein, Ulp1 protease, and excess nucleotide in the presence of buffer and precipitant. The crystal structures of MID complexes with UMP, UTP and 2′‐3′ linked α‐L‐threofuranosyl thymidine‐3′‐triphosphate (tTTP) are presented. This article also describes fluorescence‐based assays to measure dissociation constants (Kd) of MID‐nucleotide interactions for nucleoside 5′‐monophosphates and nucleoside 3′,5′‐bisphosphates. © 2024 The Authors. Current Protocols published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.Basic Protocol 1: Crystallization of Ago2 MID‐nucleotide complexesBasic Protocol 2: Measurement of dissociation constant Kd between Ago2 MID and nucleotides

Publisher

Wiley

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