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Figure 5

Mutational analysis of zGDNF and zGFRα1 site 1 and 2 interactions with zRET^ECD

(A) Heatmap of the sequence conservation between hGFRα paralogs, and zGFRα1a mapped onto the structure of zGFRα1a D2-D3 domains reported here. Residues are colored by similarity (red highly similar to yellow through to white, least similar). Two orthogonal views are shown. Right panel, close-up of site 1 and conserved zGFRα1a residues.

(B) Binding curves and K_D values obtained using MST for zGFRα1a^D1-3 and mutations assessed in complex with zGDNF^mat., with a minimum of n = 3 repeats for the WT and the mutations with the SE represented.

(C) Heatmap of the sequence similarity between GDNF paralogs depicted as a surface representation, mapped onto zGDNF^138-235. Right panel, close-up of site 2 contact between RET^CRD and zGDNF dimer.

(D) MST binding curves and K_D values for zGDNF and mutations L156A and Y158A probed in complex with WT zGFRα1a binding to zRET^ECD.

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Reprinted from Structure (London, England : 1993), 29(7), Adams, S.E., Purkiss, A.G., Knowles, P.P., Nans, A., Briggs, D.C., Borg, A., Earl, C.P., Goodman, K.M., Nawrotek, A., Borg, A.J., McIntosh, P.B., Houghton, F.M., Kjær, S., McDonald, N.Q., A two-site flexible clamp mechanism for RET-GDNF-GFRα1 assembly reveals both conformational adaptation and strict geometric spacing, 694-708.e7, Copyright (2021) with permission from Elsevier. Full text @ Structure