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 8CTG | pdb_00008ctg

Extracellular architecture of an engineered canonical Wnt signaling ternary complex


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
  • Resolution: 3.80 Å
  • Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
  • Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

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Literature

Structure of the Wnt-Frizzled-LRP6 initiation complex reveals the basis for coreceptor discrimination.

Tsutsumi, N., Hwang, S., Waghray, D., Hansen, S., Jude, K.M., Wang, N., Miao, Y., Glassman, C.R., Caveney, N.A., Janda, C.Y., Hannoush, R.N., Garcia, K.C.

(2023) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 120: e2218238120-e2218238120

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2218238120
  • Primary Citation Related Structures: 
    8CTG, 8FFE

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Wnt morphogens are critical for embryonic development and tissue regeneration. Canonical Wnts form ternary receptor complexes composed of tissue-specific Frizzled (Fzd) receptors together with the shared LRP5/6 coreceptors to initiate β-catenin signaling. The cryo-EM structure of a ternary initiation complex of an affinity-matured XWnt8-Frizzled8-LRP6 complex elucidates the basis of coreceptor discrimination by canonical Wnts by means of their N termini and linker domains that engage the LRP6 E1E2 domain funnels. Chimeric Wnts bearing modular linker "grafts" were able to transfer LRP6 domain specificity between different Wnts and enable non-canonical Wnt5a to signal through the canonical pathway. Synthetic peptides comprising the linker domain serve as Wnt-specific antagonists. The structure of the ternary complex provides a topological blueprint for the orientation and proximity of Frizzled and LRP6 within the Wnt cell surface signalosome.


  • Organizational Affiliation: 
    • HHMI, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305.

Macromolecule Content 

  • Total Structure Weight: 125.38 kDa 
  • Atom Count: 5,100 
  • Modeled Residue Count: 1,006 
  • Deposited Residue Count: 1,108 
  • Unique protein chains: 3

Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains  Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Frizzled-8132Mus musculusMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: Fzd8
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IMPC:  MGI:108460
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UniProt GroupQ61091
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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChains  Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Protein Wnt-8327Xenopus laevisMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: wnt8
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Entity ID: 3
MoleculeChains  Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 6649Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: LRP6
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PHAROS:  O75581
GTEx:  ENSG00000070018 
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Reference Sequence

Small Molecules

Ligands 1 Unique
IDChains Name / Formula / InChI Key2D Diagram3D Interactions
PAM

Query on PAM



Download:Ideal Coordinates CCD File
D [auth B]PALMITOLEIC ACID
C16 H30 O2
SECPZKHBENQXJG-FPLPWBNLSA-N

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
  • Resolution: 3.80 Å
  • Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
  • Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 
EM Software:
TaskSoftware PackageVersion
MODEL REFINEMENTPHENIX
RECONSTRUCTIONcryoSPARC3.3

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

& Funding Information

Deposition Data


Funding OrganizationLocationGrant Number
National Institutes of Health/National Institute Of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID)United StatesR37AI051321
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)United States--
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (LICR)United States--

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2023-03-15
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2023-03-22
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2024-11-13
    Changes: Data collection, Structure summary