Structural basis for heme-dependent NCoR binding to the transcriptional repressor REV-ERB?.

ABSTRACT: Heme is the endogenous ligand for the constitutively repressive REV-ERB nuclear receptors, REV-ERB? (NR1D1) and REV-ERB? (NR1D2), but how heme regulates REV-ERB activity remains unclear. Cellular studies indicate that heme is required for the REV-ERBs to bind the corepressor NCoR and repress transcription. However, fluorescence-based biochemical assays suggest that heme displaces NCoR; here, we show that this is due to a heme-dependent artifact. Using ITC and NMR spectroscopy, we show that heme binding remodels the thermodynamic interaction profile of NCoR receptor interaction domain (RID) binding to REV-ERB? ligand-binding domain (LBD). We solved two crystal structures of REV-ERB? LBD cobound to heme and NCoR peptides, revealing the heme-dependent NCoR binding mode. ITC and chemical cross-linking mass spectrometry reveals a 2:1 LBD:RID stoichiometry, consistent with cellular studies showing that NCoR-dependent repression of REV-ERB transcription occurs on dimeric DNA response elements. Our findings should facilitate renewed progress toward understanding heme-dependent REV-ERB activity.

SUBMITTER: Mosure SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7840129 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature