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NATURE
Volume 587, Issue 7834, Pages 499-+Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2569-1
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- National Key R&D Program of China [2018YFC1003600, 2019YFA050880]
- National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars [81822008, 81922071]
- National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars [81773704, 81425024, 81525005]
- Zhejiang Province National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars [LR19H310001]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31900936, 31700692, 81730099]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2019T120587]
- Innovative Research Team in University [IRT_17R68]
- Protein Facility, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
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The G-protein-coupled bile acid receptor (GPBAR) conveys the cross-membrane signalling of a vast variety of bile acids and is a signalling hub in the liver-bile acid-microbiota-metabolism axis(1-3). Here we report the cryo-electron microscopy structures of GPBAR-G(s)complexes stabilized by either the high-affinity P395(4)or the semisynthesized bile acid derivative INT-777(1,3)at 3 angstrom resolution. These structures revealed a large oval pocket that contains several polar groups positioned to accommodate the amphipathic cholic core of bile acids, a fingerprint of key residues to recognize diverse bile acids in the orthosteric site, a putative second bile acid-binding site with allosteric properties and structural features that contribute to bias properties. Moreover, GPBAR undertakes an atypical mode of activation and G protein coupling that features a different set of key residues connecting the ligand-binding pocket to the G(s)-coupling site, and a specific interaction motif that is localized in intracellular loop 3. Overall, our study not only reveals unique structural features of GPBAR that are involved in bile acid recognition and allosteric effects, but also suggests the presence of distinct connecting mechanisms between the ligand-binding pocket and the G-protein-binding site in the G-protein-coupled receptor superfamily. Using cryo-electron microscopy, the authors report the structures of G-protein-coupled bile acid receptor-G(s)complexes and reveal the structural basis of bile acid recognition.
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