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3R8K

Crystal structure of human SOUL protein (hexagonal form)

Summary for 3R8K
Entry DOI10.2210/pdb3r8k/pdb
Related3R85 3R8J
DescriptorHeme-binding protein 2 (1 entity in total)
Functional Keywordshebp family, soul protein, apoptosis
Biological sourceHomo sapiens (human)
Cellular locationCytoplasm: Q9Y5Z4
Total number of polymer chains4
Total formula weight94652.99
Authors
Ambrosi, E.K.,Capaldi, S.,Bovi, M.,Saccomani, G.,Perduca, M.,Monaco, H.L. (deposition date: 2011-03-24, release date: 2011-06-29, Last modification date: 2023-09-13)
Primary citationAmbrosi, E.,Capaldi, S.,Bovi, M.,Saccomani, G.,Perduca, M.,Monaco, H.L.
Structural changes in the BH3 domain of SOUL protein upon interaction with the anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-xL.
Biochem.J., 438:291-301, 2011
Cited by
PubMed Abstract: The SOUL protein is known to induce apoptosis by provoking the mitochondrial permeability transition, and a sequence homologous with the BH3 (Bcl-2 homology 3) domains has recently been identified in the protein, thus making it a potential new member of the BH3-only protein family. In the present study, we provide NMR, SPR (surface plasmon resonance) and crystallographic evidence that a peptide spanning residues 147-172 in SOUL interacts with the anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-xL. We have crystallized SOUL alone and the complex of its BH3 domain peptide with Bcl-xL, and solved their three-dimensional structures. The SOUL monomer is a single domain organized as a distorted β-barrel with eight anti-parallel strands and two α-helices. The BH3 domain extends across 15 residues at the end of the second helix and eight amino acids in the chain following it. There are important structural differences in the BH3 domain in the intact SOUL molecule and the same sequence bound to Bcl-xL.
PubMed: 21639858
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20110257
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Experimental method
X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.85 Å)
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