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SUBMITTER: Shi H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4517257 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shi Heping H Wu Jiaxi J Chen Zhijian J ZJ Chen Chuo C
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20150706 29
Cyclic GMP-AMP containing a unique combination of mixed phosphodiester linkages (2'3'-cGAMP) is an endogenous second messenger molecule that activates the type-I IFN pathway upon binding to the homodimer of the adaptor protein STING on the surface of endoplasmic reticulum membrane. However, the preferential binding of the asymmetric ligand 2'3'-cGAMP to the symmetric dimer of STING represents a physicochemical enigma. Here we show that 2'3'-cGAMP, but not its linkage isomers, adopts an organized ...[more]