Structural highlights
Function
[BMP2_HUMAN] Induces cartilage and bone formation. [RGMB_HUMAN] Member of the repulsive guidance molecule (RGM) family that contributes to the patterning of the developing nervous system (By similarity). Acts as a bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) coreceptor that potentiates BMP signaling (By similarity). Promotes neuronal adhesion (By similarity). May inhibit neurite outgrowth.
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Repulsive guidance molecules (RGMs) control crucial processes including cell motility, adhesion, immune-cell regulation and systemic iron metabolism. RGMs signal via the neogenin (NEO1) and the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) pathways. Here, we report crystal structures of the N-terminal domains of all human RGM family members in complex with the BMP ligand BMP2, revealing a new protein fold and a conserved BMP-binding mode. Our structural and functional data suggest a pH-linked mechanism for RGM-activated BMP signaling and offer a rationale for RGM mutations causing juvenile hemochromatosis. We also determined the crystal structure of the ternary BMP2-RGM-NEO1 complex, which, along with solution scattering and live-cell super-resolution fluorescence microscopy, indicates BMP-induced clustering of the RGM-NEO1 complex. Our results show how RGM acts as the central hub that links BMP and NEO1 and physically connects these fundamental signaling pathways.
Repulsive guidance molecule is a structural bridge between neogenin and bone morphogenetic protein.,Healey EG, Bishop B, Elegheert J, Bell CH, Padilla-Parra S, Siebold C Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2015 May 4. doi: 10.1038/nsmb.3016. PMID:25938661[1]
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References
- ↑ Healey EG, Bishop B, Elegheert J, Bell CH, Padilla-Parra S, Siebold C. Repulsive guidance molecule is a structural bridge between neogenin and bone morphogenetic protein. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2015 May 4. doi: 10.1038/nsmb.3016. PMID:25938661 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nsmb.3016
