Determining the dimensions of the drug-binding domain of human P-glycoprotein using thiol cross-linking compounds as molecular rulers - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2001 Oct 5;276(40):36877-80.

doi: 10.1074/jbc.C100467200. Epub 2001 Aug 22.

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Determining the dimensions of the drug-binding domain of human P-glycoprotein using thiol cross-linking compounds as molecular rulers

T W Loo et al. J Biol Chem. 2001.

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Abstract

The human multidrug resistance P-glycoprotein (P-gp) interacts with a broad range of compounds with diverse structures and sizes. There is considerable evidence indicating that residues in transmembrane segments 4-6 and 10-12 form the drug-binding site. We attempted to measure the size of the drug-binding site by using thiol-specific methanethiosulfonate (MTS) cross-linkers containing spacer arms of 2 to 17 atoms. The majority of these cross-linkers were also substrates of P-gp, because they stimulated ATPase activity (2.5- to 10.1-fold). 36 P-gp mutants with pairs of cysteine residues introduced into transmembrane segments 4-6 and 10-12 were analyzed after reaction with 0.2 mm MTS cross-linker at 4 degrees C. The cross-linked product migrated with lower mobility than native P-gp in SDS gels. 13 P-gp mutants were cross-linked by MTS cross-linkers with spacer arms of 9-25 A. Vinblastine and cyclosporin A inhibited cross-linking. The emerging picture from these results and other studies is that the drug-binding domain is large enough to accommodate compounds of different sizes and that the drug-binding domain is "funnel" shaped, narrow at the cytoplasmic side, at least 9-25 A in the middle, and wider still at the extracellular surface.

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