Ligand-induced CaMKIIα hub Trp403 flip, hub domain stacking and kinase inhibition
Author:
Narayanan DilipORCID, Larsen Anne Sofie G.ORCID, Gauger Stine JuulORCID, Adafia RuthORCID, Hammershøi Rikke Bartschick, Hamborg LouiseORCID, Bruus-Jensen Jesper, Griem-Krey NaneORCID, Gee Christine L.ORCID, Frølund BenteORCID, Stratton Margaret M.ORCID, Kuriyan JohnORCID, Kastrup Jette SandholmORCID, Langkilde Annette E.ORCID, Wellendorph PetrineORCID, Solbak Sara M. Ø.ORCID
Abstract
Abstractγ-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) analogs are small molecules that bind competitively to a specific cavity in the oligomeric CaMKIIα hub domain. Binding affects conformation and stability of the hub domain, which may explain the neuroprotective action of some of these compounds. Here, we describe molecular details of interaction of the larger-type GHB analog 2-(6-(4-chlorophenyl)imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine-2-yl)acetic acid (PIPA). Like smaller-type analogs, PIPA binding to the CaMKIIα hub domain promoted thermal stability. PIPA additionally inhibited CaMKIIα kinase activity by reducing CaM sensitivity. A high-resolution X-ray crystal structure of a stabilized CaMKIIα (6x mutant) hub construct revealed details of the binding mode of PIPA, which involved outward placement of tryptophan 403 (Trp403), a central residue in a flexible loop close to the upper hub cavity. Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) solution structures and mass photometry of the CaMKIIα wildtype hub domain in the presence of PIPA revealed a high degree of ordered self-association (stacks of CaMKIIα hub domains). This stacking neither occurred with the smaller compound 3-hydroxycyclopent-1-enecarboxylic acid (HOCPCA), nor when Trp403 was replaced with leucine (W403L). Additionally, CaMKIIα W403L hub was stabilized to a larger extent by PIPA compared to CaMKIIα hub wildtype, indicating that loop flexibility is important for holoenzyme stability. Thus, we propose that ligand-induced outward placement of Trp403 by PIPA, which promotes an unforeseen mechanism of hub domain stacking, may be involved in the observed reduction in CaMKIIα kinase activity. Altogether, this sheds new light on allosteric regulation of CaMKIIα activity via the hub domain.
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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