PMID- 10397151 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19991021 LR - 20190826 IS - 0165-2478 (Print) IS - 0165-2478 (Linking) VI - 68 IP - 1 DP - 1999 May 3 TI - Biochemical analysis and crystallisation of Fc gamma RIIa, the low affinity receptor for IgG. PG - 17-23 AB - Fc gamma RIIa is one of a family of specific cell surface receptors for immunoglobulin. Fc gamma RIIa, which binds immune complexes of certain IgG isotypes, plays important roles in immune homeostasis. However, the precise characteristics of IgG binding and three-dimensional structure of Fc gamma RIIa have not been reported. This study describes the affinity of the Fc gamma RIIa:IgG interaction as well as biochemical characterisation of recombinant Fc gamma RIIa that has been used to generate high quality crystals. Equilibrium binding analysis of the Fc gamma RII:IgG interaction found, IgG3 binds with an affinity of K(D) = 0.6 microM, as expected. Unlike other Fc gamma R, IgG4 also bound to Fc gamma RIIa, K(D) = 3 microM, clearly establishing Fc gamma RIIa as an IgG4 receptor. Biochemical analysis of mammalian and insect cell derived Fc gamma RIIa established the genuine N-terminus with Q being the first amino acid in the sequence Q, A, A, A, P... extending the N-terminus further than previously thought. Furthermore, both potential N-linked glycosylation sites are occupied. Electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry (ESMS) indicate that the N-glycans of baculovirus derived Fc gamma RIIa are core mannose oligosaccharide side chains. Finally, we describe the first crystallisation of diffraction quality crystals of soluble Fc gamma RIIa. Orthorhombic crystals diffract X-rays beyond 2.1 A resolution in the space group P2(1)2(1)2 with cell dimensions a = 78.8 A, b = 100.5 A, c = 27.8 A. This marks a significant advance towards understanding the three-dimensional structure of Fc gamma RIIa and related FcR proteins that share high amino acid identity with Fc gamma RIIa. FAU - Powell, M S AU - Powell MS AD - Helen M. Schutt Trust Laboratory for Immunology, Austin Research Institute, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia. FAU - Barton, P A AU - Barton PA FAU - Emmanouilidis, D AU - Emmanouilidis D FAU - Wines, B D AU - Wines BD FAU - Neumann, G M AU - Neumann GM FAU - Peitersz, G A AU - Peitersz GA FAU - Maxwell, K F AU - Maxwell KF FAU - Garrett, T P AU - Garrett TP FAU - Hogarth, P M AU - Hogarth PM LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Netherlands TA - Immunol Lett JT - Immunology letters JID - 7910006 RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (Fc gamma receptor IIA) RN - 0 (Immunoglobulin G) RN - 0 (Receptors, IgG) RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antibody Affinity MH - Antigens, CD/*chemistry/*isolation & purification/metabolism MH - Binding Sites, Antibody MH - CHO Cells MH - Cricetinae MH - Crystallization MH - Crystallography, X-Ray MH - Humans MH - Immunoglobulin G/*metabolism MH - Mass Spectrometry MH - Receptors, IgG/*chemistry/*isolation & purification/metabolism MH - Recombinant Proteins/isolation & purification MH - Solubility EDAT- 1999/07/09 00:00 MHDA- 1999/07/09 00:01 CRDT- 1999/07/09 00:00 PHST- 1999/07/09 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/07/09 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/07/09 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0165-2478(99)00025-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0165-2478(99)00025-5 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Immunol Lett. 1999 May 3;68(1):17-23. doi: 10.1016/s0165-2478(99)00025-5.