Article ; Online: ATP binding to Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) and pro-Nerve Growth Factor (proNGF): an endogenous molecular switch modulating neurotrophins activity.
Biochemical Society transactions
2024
Abstract: ATP has recently been reconsidered as a molecule with functional properties which go beyond its recognized role of the energetic driver of the cell. ATP has been described as an allosteric modulator as well as a biological hydrotrope with anti- ... ...
Abstract | ATP has recently been reconsidered as a molecule with functional properties which go beyond its recognized role of the energetic driver of the cell. ATP has been described as an allosteric modulator as well as a biological hydrotrope with anti-aggregation properties in the crowded cellular environment. The role of ATP as a modulator of the homeostasis of the neurotrophins (NTs), a growth factor protein family whose most known member is the nerve growth factor (NGF), has been investigated. The modulation of NTs by small endogenous ligands is still a scarcely described area, with few papers reporting on the topic, and very few reports on the molecular determinants of these interactions. However, a detailed atomistic description of the NTs interaction landscape is of urgent need, aiming at the identification of novel molecules as potential therapeutics and considering the wide range of potential pharmacological applications for NGF and its family members. This mini-review will focus on the unique cartography casting the interactions of the endogenous ligand ATP, in the interaction with NGF as well as with its precursor proNGF. These interactions revealed interesting features of the ATP binding and distinct differences in the binding mode between the highly structured mature NGF and its precursor, proNGF, which is characterized by an intrinsically unstructured domain. The overview on the recent available data will be presented, together with the future perspectives on the field. |
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Language | English |
Publishing date | 2024-05-08 |
Publishing country | England |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 184237-7 |
ISSN | 1470-8752 ; 0300-5127 |
ISSN (online) | 1470-8752 |
ISSN | 0300-5127 |
DOI | 10.1042/BST20231089 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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