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Structure of human phagocyte NADPH oxidase in the resting state

  1. Rui Liu
  2. Kangcheng Song
  3. Jing-Xiang Wu
  4. Xiao-Peng Geng
  5. Liming Zheng
  6. Xiaoyin Gao
  7. Hailin Peng
  8. Lei Chen  Is a corresponding author
  1. Peking University, China
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.83743
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  1. Rui Liu
  2. Kangcheng Song
  3. Jing-Xiang Wu
  4. Xiao-Peng Geng
  5. Liming Zheng
  6. Xiaoyin Gao
  7. Hailin Peng
  8. Lei Chen
(2022)
Structure of human phagocyte NADPH oxidase in the resting state
eLife 11:e83743.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.83743
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Abstract

Phagocyte oxidase plays an essential role in the first line of host defense against pathogens. It oxidizes intracellular NADPH to reduce extracellular oxygen to produce superoxide anions that participate in pathogen killing. The resting phagocyte oxidase is a heterodimeric complex formed by two transmembrane proteins NOX2 and p22. Despite the physiological importance of this complex, its structure remains elusive. Here we reported the cryo-EM structure of the functional human NOX2-p22 complex in nanodisc in the resting state. NOX2 shows a canonical 6-TM architecture of NOX and p22 has four transmembrane helices. M3, M4, and M5 of NOX2 and M1 and M4 helices of p22 are involved in the hetero-dimer formation. DH domain of NOX2 in the resting state is not optimally docked onto the transmembrane domain (TMD), leading to inefficient electron transfer and NADPH binding. Structural analysis suggests that the cytosolic factors might activate the NOX2-p22 complex by stabilizing the dehydrogenase domain (DH) in a productive docked conformation.

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Cryo-EM maps and atomic coordinate of the NOX2-p22-7D5-TP1170 complex have been deposited in the EMDB and PDB under the ID codes EMDB: EMD-34389 and PDB: 8GZ3.

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  1. Rui Liu

    Institute of Molecular Medicine, Peking University, Beijing, China
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  2. Kangcheng Song

    Institute of Molecular Medicine, Peking University, Beijing, China
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  3. Jing-Xiang Wu

    Institute of Molecular Medicine, Peking University, Beijing, China
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  4. Xiao-Peng Geng

    Institute of Molecular Medicine, Peking University, Beijing, China
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  5. Liming Zheng

    College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China
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  6. Xiaoyin Gao

    College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China
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  7. Hailin Peng

    College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China
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  8. Lei Chen

    Institute of Molecular Medicine, Peking University, Beijing, China
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National Key Research and Development Program of China (2022YFA1300088)

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National Natural Science Foundation of China (91957201,31870833,31821091,52021006)

  • Hailin Peng
  • Lei Chen

Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS-CXTD-202001)

  • Hailin Peng

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  1. Rui Liu
  2. Kangcheng Song
  3. Jing-Xiang Wu
  4. Xiao-Peng Geng
  5. Liming Zheng
  6. Xiaoyin Gao
  7. Hailin Peng
  8. Lei Chen
(2022)
Structure of human phagocyte NADPH oxidase in the resting state
eLife 11:e83743.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.83743

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