Journal: Nature Communications
Article Title: Principles of paralog-specific targeted protein degradation engaging the C-degron E3 KLHDC2
doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-52966-3
Figure Lengend Snippet: a Structural superposition of KLHDC2 SBD (cyan, surface) bound to SJ46418 (orange, sticks) with the diGly substrate EPHB2 (chocolate, sticks, 8EBL.pdb). For clarity surface representation is depicted for the KLHDC2 SBD bound to SJ46418 only. Probable exit vectors from the ligands are depicted by arrows. Potential neo-substrate interaction surfaces with the KLHDC2 SBD U-shaped binding cleft is shown. b Chemical structure and biophysical characterization of SJ46418. Data are the average of n = 2 independent experiments. c Structural superposition of the KLHDC2 SBD (electrostatic, surface) bound to SJ46418 (orange, surface) to the diGly substrate EPHB2 (chocolate, surface, 8EBL.pdb) and the KLHDC2 targeting ligand KDRLZK1-KLHDC2 SBD (yellow, surface, 8SGE.pdb). For clarity surface electrostatic representation is depicted for KLHDC2 SBD bound to SJ46418 only. Probable exit vectors deriving from attachment sites to the ligands is depicted by arrows. d Chemical structure of JQ1 based KLHDC2 PROTAC protein degraders SJ46421 and SJ46423. e Fluorescent scan of gel monitoring SJ46421- and SJ46423-dependent ubiquitylation of the BD2 domain from BRD2, BRD3, or BRD4. Reactions were performed in pulse-chase format, with fluorescent ubiquitin charged-UBE2R2 added to neddylated CRL2 KLHDC2 and indicated PROTAC/BRD mixture. Shown is representative panels from n = 2 independent experiments. f Cartoon depiction of the biochemical assay monitoring inhibition of KLHDC2 di-Gly substrate ubiquitylation by PROTAC-mediated ternary complex formation. Briefly, neddylated CRL2 KLHDC2 was incubated with BRD3 BD2 and the indicated PROTAC prior to adding fluorescent ubiquitin-charged UBE2R2 (i.e. the pre-formed thioester-linked UBE2R2~ubiquitin intermediate) and a di-Gly protein substrate. Loss of di-Gly protein substrate ubiquitylation was quantified. g Morrison fit of data from competition ubiquitylation assay, yielding a Ki app as a measure of the strength of ternary complexes promoted by SJ46421-BRD3 BD2 and SJ46423-BRD3 BD2 . Data are the average from n = 2 independent experiments. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.
Article Snippet: Western blot images were obtained through detection of BRD2 (Cell Signaling D89b4 1:1000), BRD3 (Santa Cruz sc-81202 1:500), BRD4 (Cell Signaling E2A7X 1:2000), KLHDC2 (Atlas Antibodies HPA000628 1:1000), FLAG (Sigma F1804 1:1000), and GAPDH (Santa Cruz sc-32233 1:4000).
Techniques: Ubiquitin Proteomics, Chocolate, Binding Assay, Pulse Chase, Inhibition, Incubation, Ubiquitin Assay