3ZH2

Structure of Plasmodium falciparum lactate dehydrogenase in complex with a DNA aptamer


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.10 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.257 
  • R-Value Work: 0.206 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.208 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

Structural Basis for Discriminatory Recognition of Plasmodium Lactate Dehydrogenase by a DNA Aptamer

Cheung, Y.W.Kwok, J.Law, A.W.L.Watt, R.M.Kotaka, M.Tanner, J.A.

(2013) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 110: 15967

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1309538110
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3ZH2

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    DNA aptamers have significant potential as diagnostic and therapeutic agents, but the paucity of DNA aptamer-target structures limits understanding of their molecular binding mechanisms. Here, we report a distorted hairpin structure of a DNA aptamer in complex with an important diagnostic target for malaria: Plasmodium falciparum lactate dehydrogenase (PfLDH). Aptamers selected from a DNA library were highly specific and discriminatory for Plasmodium as opposed to human lactate dehydrogenase because of a counterselection strategy used during selection. Isothermal titration calorimetry revealed aptamer binding to PfLDH with a dissociation constant of 42 nM and 2:1 protein:aptamer molar stoichiometry. Dissociation constants derived from electrophoretic mobility shift assays and surface plasmon resonance experiments were consistent. The aptamer:protein complex crystal structure was solved at 2.1-Å resolution, revealing two aptamers bind per PfLDH tetramer. The aptamers showed a unique distorted hairpin structure in complex with PfLDH, displaying a Watson-Crick base-paired stem together with two distinct loops each with one base flipped out by specific interactions with PfLDH. Aptamer binding specificity is dictated by extensive interactions of one of the aptamer loops with a PfLDH loop that is absent in human lactate dehydrogenase. We conjugated the aptamer to gold nanoparticles and demonstrated specificity of colorimetric detection of PfLDH over human lactate dehydrogenase. This unique distorted hairpin aptamer complex provides a perspective on aptamer-mediated molecular recognition and may guide rational design of better aptamers for malaria diagnostics.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Departments of Biochemistry and Physiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, and Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.


Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE
A, B, C, D
316Plasmodium falciparum 3D7Mutation(s): 0 
EC: 1.1.1.27
UniProt
Find proteins for Q76NM3 (Plasmodium falciparum (isolate 3D7))
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UniProt GroupQ76NM3
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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChains LengthOrganismImage
DNA APTAMERE,
F [auth G]
35synthetic construct
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.10 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.257 
  • R-Value Work: 0.206 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.208 
  • Space Group: P 1 21 1
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 79.461α = 90
b = 159.489β = 102.18
c = 88.66γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
REFMACrefinement
HKL-2000data reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling
PHASERphasing

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2013-09-25
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2013-10-16
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2023-12-20
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Other, Refinement description