Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: XL-MS and De Novo Protein Design Identified a Common Motif for TREM2 Binding
doi: 10.64898/2026.04.23.720433
Figure Lengend Snippet: (a) Mapping intra-ApoE3 cross-links onto the NMR structure (pdb 2L7B). Red line: incompatible XLs with Cβ-Cβ solvent accessible surface distance (SASD) > 35 Å. Blue line: compatible XLs. (b) Filtering the structure ensemble of ApoE3 (Protein Ensemble Database PED07094) by intra-ApoE3 XLs yielded Model 49 with the highest structural compatibility. (c) The best-scoring model of TREM2/ApoE3 complex generated using Haddock. (d) Zoom-in view of the binding interface. ApoE3: light blue (N-terminal region, residues 1-167), light yellow (hinge region, residues 168-205), and pink (C-terminal region, residues 206-299). TREM2 ECD : CDR1(residue 40-42), CDR2(residue 69-72), and CDR3 (residue 88-91).
Article Snippet: 20 μM Trx-ApoE3 (Sino Biological 10817-H30E) and 20 μM TREM2 ectodomain were incubated for 1 h at 4°C.
Techniques: Solvent, Generated, Binding Assay, Residue