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3TIG

Tubulin tyrosine ligase

Summary for 3TIG
Entry DOI10.2210/pdb3tig/pdb
Related3TII 3TIN
DescriptorTtl protein, MAGNESIUM ION (3 entities in total)
Functional Keywordsatp-grasp, ligase, tubulin
Biological sourceXenopus (Silurana) tropicalis (Western clawed frog)
Total number of polymer chains1
Total formula weight43788.15
Authors
Roll-Mecak, A.,Szyk, A.,Deaconescu, A.,Piszczek, G. (deposition date: 2011-08-20, release date: 2011-10-26, Last modification date: 2024-02-28)
Primary citationSzyk, A.,Deaconescu, A.M.,Piszczek, G.,Roll-Mecak, A.
Tubulin tyrosine ligase structure reveals adaptation of an ancient fold to bind and modify tubulin.
Nat.Struct.Mol.Biol., 18:1250-1258, 2011
Cited by
PubMed Abstract: Tubulin tyrosine ligase (TTL) catalyzes the post-translational C-terminal tyrosination of α-tubulin. Tyrosination regulates recruitment of microtubule-interacting proteins. TTL is essential. Its loss causes morphogenic abnormalities and is associated with cancers of poor prognosis. We present the first crystal structure of TTL (from Xenopus tropicalis), defining the structural scaffold upon which the diverse TTL-like family of tubulin-modifying enzymes is built. TTL recognizes tubulin using a bipartite strategy. It engages the tubulin tail through low-affinity, high-specificity interactions, and co-opts what is otherwise a homo-oligomerization interface in structurally related ATP grasp-fold enzymes to form a tight hetero-oligomeric complex with the tubulin body. Small-angle X-ray scattering and functional analyses reveal that TTL forms an elongated complex with the tubulin dimer and prevents its incorporation into microtubules by capping the tubulin longitudinal interface, possibly modulating the partition of tubulin between monomeric and polymeric forms.
PubMed: 22020298
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2148
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Experimental method
X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.5 Å)
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