Abstract
NET-1 is a key chemotropic ligand that signals commissural axon migration and change in direction. NET-1 and its receptor UNC-5B switch axon growth cones from attraction to repulsion. The biophysical properties of the NET-1 + UNC-5B complex have been poorly characterized. Using multi-wavelength-AUC by adding a fluorophore to UNC-5B, we were able to separate the UNC-5B sedimentation from NET-1. Using both multi-wavelength- and single-wavelength AUC, we investigated NET-1 and UNC-5B hydrodynamic parameters and complex formation. The sedimentation velocity experiments show that NET-1 exists in a monomer–dimer equilibrium. A close study of the association shows that NET-1 forms a pH-sensitive dimer that interacts in an anti-parallel orientation. UNC-5B can form equimolar NET-1 + UNC-5B heterocomplexes with both monomeric and dimeric NET-1.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 473-481 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | European Biophysics Journal |
Volume | 52 |
Issue number | 4-5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2023 |
Keywords
- Axon guidance
- Hetero-interaction studies between proteins
- Hydrodynamic bead modeling
- Multi-wavelength analytical ultracentrifugation
- Netrin-1
- UltraScan
- UltraScan-SOMO
- Uncoordinated-5