4JHD

Crystal Structure of an Actin Dimer in Complex with the Actin Nucleator Cordon-Bleu

4JHD の概要

• エントリーDOI: 10.2210/pdb4jhd/pdb
• 分子名称: Actin-5C, Protein cordon-bleu, PHOSPHOAMINOPHOSPHONIC ACID-ADENYLATE ESTER, ... (6 entities in total)
• 機能のキーワード: actin cytoskeleton, actin filament nucleator, nuclear actin, nucleation, tandem w domains, structural protein-protein binding complex, structural protein/protein binding
• 由来する生物種: Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit fly); 詳細
• タンパク質・核酸の鎖数: 6
• 化学式量合計: 210235.05

構造登録者

Chen, X.,Ni, F.,Wang, Q. (登録日: 2013-03-04, 公開日: 2013-06-19, 最終更新日: 2024-02-28)

主引用文献

Chen, X.,Ni, F.,Tian, X.,Kondrashkina, E.,Wang, Q.,Ma, J.
Structural basis of actin filament nucleation by tandem w domains.
Cell Rep, 3:1910-1920, 2013

PubMed Abstract: Spontaneous nucleation of actin is very inefficient in cells. To overcome this barrier, cells have evolved a set of actin filament nucleators to promote rapid nucleation and polymerization in response to specific stimuli. However, the molecular mechanism of actin nucleation remains poorly understood. This is hindered largely by the fact that actin nucleus, once formed, rapidly polymerizes into filament, thus making it impossible to capture stable multisubunit actin nucleus. Here, we report an effective double-mutant strategy to stabilize actin nucleus by preventing further polymerization. Employing this strategy, we solved the crystal structure of AMPPNP-actin in complex with the first two tandem W domains of Cordon-bleu (Cobl), a potent actin filament nucleator. Further sequence comparison and functional studies suggest that the nucleation mechanism of Cobl is probably shared by the p53 cofactor JMY, but not Spire. Moreover, the double-mutant strategy opens the way for atomic mechanistic study of actin nucleation and polymerization.

PubMed: 23727244
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.04.028

実験手法

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.91 Å)