Extended glycoprotein structure of the seven domains in human carcinoembryonic antigen by X-ray and neutron solution scattering and an automated curve fitting procedure: implications for cellular adhesion.

Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is one of the most widely used cell-surface tumour markers for tumour monitoring and for targeting by antibodies. It is heavily glycosylated (50% carbohydrate) and a monomer is constructed from one V-type and six C2-type fold domains of the immunoglobulin superfamily. The solution arrangement at low resolution of the seven domains in CEA cleaved from its membrane anchor was determined by X-ray and neutron scattering. Guinier analyses showed that the X-ray radius of gyration RG of CEA was 8.0 nm. The length of CEA was 27 to 33 nm, and is consistent with an extended arrangement of seven domains. The X-ray cross-sectional radius of gyration RXS was 2.1 nm, and is consistent with extended carbohydrate structures in CEA. The neutron data gave CEA a relative molecular mass of 150,000, in agreement with a value of 152,500 from composition data, and validated the X-ray analyses. The CEA scattering curves were analysed using an automated computer modelling procedure based on the crystal structure of CD2. The V-type and C2-type domains in CD2 were separated, and the C2-type domain was duplicated five times to create a linear seven-domain starting model for CEA. A total of 28 complex-type oligosaccharide chains in extended conformations were added to this model. By fixing the six interdomain orientations to be the same, three-parameter searches of the rotational orientations between the seven domains gave 4056 possible CEA models. The best curve fits from these corresponded to a family of zig-zag models. The long axis of each domain was set at 160(+/-25) degrees relative to its neighbour, and the two perpendicular axes were orientated at 10(+/-30) degrees and -5(+/-35) degrees. Interestingly, the curve fit from this model is within error of that calculated from a CEA model generated directly from the CD2 crystal structure by the superposition of adjacent domains. Zig-zag models of this type imply that the protein face of the GFCC' beta-sheet in neighbouring CEA domains lie on alternate sides of the CEA structure. Such a model has implications for the adhesion interactions between CEA molecules on adjacent cells or for the antibody targeting of CEA.

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