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The amino-terminal region of the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) contains seven imperfect repeats of a cysteine-rich, roughly 40-aa module (LDL-A module) that are critical for apolipoprotein binding. LDL-A modules are found in numerous cell-surface and secreted proteins and are believed to mediate extracellular protein–protein interactions. The cellular receptor for subgroup A Rous sarcoma virus (RSV) contains a single LDL-A module that binds the RSV envelope protein and allows viral infection. To define residues in an LDL-A module responsible for ligand recognition, we used a gain of function assay by using a chimeric protein in which the LDL-A module of Tva was replaced with a highly homologous module from human LDLR (LDL-A4) and determined whether this chimera or mutants produced in it could mediate RSV infection. LDL-A4 does not function as an RSV receptor; however, systematic replacement of the nonconserved residues of the LDL-A4 module in the chimeric protein with the corresponding residues from Tva identified three residues sufficient to alter ligand specificity and convert LDL-A4 to an efficient viral receptor. Mutations of the corresponding residues in the Tva LDL-A module decreased both envelope binding and viral receptor function, confirming the importance of these residues in ligand recognition by this module. Analysis of the hLDL-A5 structure demonstrates that these three residues are clustered at one end of the LDL-A module. These results demonstrate that using a single LDL-A module in a gain of function assay is a useful model to investigate ligand recognition by this module.

proceedings of the national academy of sciences of the united states of america

Conversion of a human low-density lipoprotein receptor ligandbinding repeat to a virus receptor: Identification of residues important for ligand specificity