Identification of Key Functional Amino Acids of the Mouse Fertilin β (ADAM2) Disintegrin Loop for Cell-Cell Adhesion during Fertilization
Copyright policy )Identification of Key Functional Amino Acids of the Mouse Fertilin β (ADAM2) Disintegrin Loop for Cell-Cell Adhesion during Fertilization
Fertilin beta (also known as ADAM2) is a cell adhesion molecule on the surface of mammalian sperm that participates in sperm-egg membrane binding. Fertilin beta is a member of the molecular family known as ADAMs or MDCs. These proteins have a disintegrin domain with homology to integrin ligands found in snake venoms; several of these snake proteins have an RGD tripeptide presented on an extended "disintegrin loop." However, fertilin beta lacks an RGD tripeptide and instead has the consensus sequence X(D/E)ECD (QDECD in mouse fertilin beta) in its putative disintegrin loop, and there is controversy over which amino acids comprise the active site of the fertilin beta disintegrin loop. We have used point-mutated versions of the sequence AQDECDVT and two bioassays to identify the key functional amino acids of this sequence from the mouse fertilin beta disintegrin domain. Amino acid substitutions for the terminal aspartic acid residue of the QDECD sequence result in dramatically reduced activities in the two assays for protein function, implicating the terminal aspartic acid residue as critical for protein function. Substitutions for the glutamic acid and the cysteine residues in the QDECD sequence result in slight reductions in activity, whereas substitution of the first aspartic acid has virtually no effect. These data suggest that the conserved ECD sequence of the mouse fertilin beta disintegrin loop, especially the terminal D residue, contributes more to the protein's activity than does the QDE sequence that aligns with the RGD tripeptide in other disintegrins.
- Johns Hopkins University United States
Male, Binding Sites, Membrane Glycoproteins, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Disintegrins, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, Molecular Sequence Data, Metalloendopeptidases, Alkaline Phosphatase, Protein Structure, Tertiary, ADAM Proteins, Mice, Fertilins, Animals, Point Mutation, Female, Amino Acid Sequence, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Oligopeptides, Protein Binding
Male, Binding Sites, Membrane Glycoproteins, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Disintegrins, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, Molecular Sequence Data, Metalloendopeptidases, Alkaline Phosphatase, Protein Structure, Tertiary, ADAM Proteins, Mice, Fertilins, Animals, Point Mutation, Female, Amino Acid Sequence, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Oligopeptides, Protein Binding
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