PMID- 38109992 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240223 LR - 20240315 IS - 1089-8638 (Electronic) IS - 0022-2836 (Print) IS - 0022-2836 (Linking) VI - 436 IP - 3 DP - 2024 Feb 1 TI - Dimerization Rules of Mammalian PAS Proteins. PG - 168406 LID - S0022-2836(23)00523-5 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jmb.2023.168406 [doi] AB - The PAS (PER, ARNT, SIM) protein family plays a vital role in mammalian biology and human disease. This analysis arose from an interest in the signaling mechanics by the Ah receptor (AHR) and the Ah receptor nuclear translocator (ARNT). After more than fifty years by studying this and related mammalian sensor systems, describing the role of PAS domains in signal transduction is still challenging. In this perspective, we attempt to interpret recent studies of mammalian PAS protein structure and consider how this new insight might explain how these domains are employed in human signal transduction with an eye towards developing strategies to target and engineer these molecules for a new generation of therapeutics. Our approach is to integrate our understanding of PAS protein history, cell biology, and molecular biology with recent structural discoveries to help explain the mechanics of mammalian PAS protein signaling. As a learning set, we focus on sequences and crystal structures of mammalian PAS protein dimers that can be visualized using readily available software. CI - Copyright (c) 2023. Published by Elsevier Ltd. FAU - Rojas, Brenda L AU - Rojas BL AD - Molecular and Environmental Toxicology Center, University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA. FAU - Vazquez-Rivera, Emmanuel AU - Vazquez-Rivera E AD - Molecular and Environmental Toxicology Center, University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA. FAU - Partch, Carrie L AU - Partch CL AD - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at Santa Cruz, USA. FAU - Bradfield, Christopher A AU - Bradfield CA AD - Molecular and Environmental Toxicology Center, University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA; McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research. University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA. Electronic address: bradfield@oncology.wisc.edu. LA - eng GR - R35 ES028377/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 CA014520/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R25 ES020720/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - R35 GM141849/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 ES007015/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20231216 PL - Netherlands TA - J Mol Biol JT - Journal of molecular biology JID - 2985088R RN - 138391-32-9 (Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocator) RN - 0 (Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Humans MH - *Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocator/chemistry MH - *Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon/chemistry MH - Protein Multimerization PMC - PMC10922841 MID - NIHMS1966463 COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2023/12/19 00:41 MHDA- 2024/02/19 06:43 PMCR- 2024/03/08 CRDT- 2023/12/18 19:24 PHST- 2023/08/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/12/11 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/12/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/02/19 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/12/19 00:41 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/12/18 19:24 [entrez] PHST- 2024/03/08 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0022-2836(23)00523-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jmb.2023.168406 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Mol Biol. 2024 Feb 1;436(3):168406. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2023.168406. Epub 2023 Dec 16.