Contribution of globular death domains and unstructured linkers to MyD88.IRAK-4 heterodimer formation: an explanation for the antagonistic activity of MyD88s

Homotypic interactions of death domains (DD) mediate complex formation between MyD88 and IL-1 receptor-associated kinases (IRAKs). A truncated splice variant of MyD88, MyD88s, cannot recruit IRAK-4 and fails to elicit inflammatory responses. We have generated recombinant DD of MyD88 and IRAK-4, both...

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Autores: Mendonza Barberá, Elena de, Corral-Rodríguez, María Angeles, Soares-Schanoski, Alessandra, Velarde, Milko, Macieira, Sofia, Messerschmidt, Albrecht, López Collazo, Eduardo, Fuentes Prior, Pablo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/218479
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/218479
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Enzims
Farmacologia
Proteïnes
Enzymes
Pharmacology
Proteins
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Sumario:Homotypic interactions of death domains (DD) mediate complex formation between MyD88 and IL-1 receptor-associated kinases (IRAKs). A truncated splice variant of MyD88, MyD88s, cannot recruit IRAK-4 and fails to elicit inflammatory responses. We have generated recombinant DD of MyD88 and IRAK-4, both alone and extended by the linkers to TIR or kinase domains. We show that both MyD88 DD variants bind to the linker-extended IRAK-4 DD and pull-down full-length IRAK-4 from monocyte extracts. By contrast, residues up to Glu116 from the DD-kinase connector of IRAK-4 are needed for strong interactions with the adaptor. Our findings indicate that residues 110-120, which form a C-terminal extra helix in MyD88, but not the irregular linker between DD and TIR domains, are required for IRAK-4 recruitment, and provide a straightforward explanation for the negative regulation of innate immune responses mediated by MyD88s.