Dimerisation of European robin cryptochrome 4a
Hanic, M.; Antill, L. M.; Gehrckens, A. S.; Schmidt, J.; Gortemaker, K.; Bartolke, R.; El-Baba, T. J.; Xu, J.; Koch, K. W.; Mouritsen, H.; Benesch, J. L.; Hore, P. J.; Solov'yov, I. A.
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Homo-dimer formation is important for the function of many proteins. Although dimeric forms of cryptochromes (Cry) have been found by crystallography and were recently observed in vitro for European robin Cry4a, little is known about the dimerisation of avian cryptochromes and the role it could play in the mechanism of magnetic sensing in migratory birds. Here we present a combined experimental and computational investigation of the dimerisation of robin Cry4a resulting from covalent and non-covalent interactions. Experimental studies using native mass spectrometry, mass spectrometric analysis of disulphide bonds, chemical cross-linking and photometric measurements show that disulphide-linked dimers are routinely formed, the most likely cysteines being C317 and C412. Computational modelling and molecular dynamics simulations were used to generate and assess a number of possible dimer structures. The relevance of these findings to the proposed role of Cry4a in avian magnetoreception is discussed.
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