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Human receptor D6 (D6R) is GPCR family member, an enigmatic nonsignalling chemokine receptor with broad binding specificity. It plays a crucial role in mediating resolution of inflammation, effectively interacting and scavenging the inflammatory CC chemokines with the following chemokine degradation and reduction of their bioavailability. The CC motif ligand 7 (CCL7) is the D6R ligand (antagonist). This is an inducible chemokine, previously known as monocyte chemoattractant protein 3, MCP3. It is highly expressed in inflammatory conditions and guides the entrance of monocytes into the target tissue. To understand the detailed mechanism of D6R functioning it is important to structurally characterize the ligand, receptor and an interface of their interaction. But the first task in this investigation is to biochemically obtain sufficient quantities of the samples. Here we present an effective expression and purification system yielding milligram quantities of the CCL7 (including isotopelabeled N15, N15/C13 derivatives) for NMR structural studies of CCL7D6R ligandreceptor complex. We examine the CCL7 from the structurefunctional point of view and discuss the influence of the Nterminal amino acids for its functionality. The work is supported by Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project #175445064).