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4UZ5

STRUCTURE OF THE WNT DEACYLASE NOTUM - CRYSTAL FORM IV - 2.1A

Summary for 4UZ5
Entry DOI10.2210/pdb4uz5/pdb
Related4UYU 4UYW 4UYZ 4UZ1 4UZ6 4UZ7 4UZ9 4UZA 4UZJ 4UZK 4UZL 4UZQ
DescriptorNOTUM, 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranose, CHLORIDE ION, ... (4 entities in total)
Functional Keywordshydrolase, esterase, extracellular, alpha/beta hydrolase
Biological sourceHOMO SAPIENS (HUMAN)
Cellular locationSecreted : Q6P988
Total number of polymer chains1
Total formula weight43823.81
Authors
Zebisch, M.,Jones, E.Y. (deposition date: 2014-09-04, release date: 2015-02-25, Last modification date: 2024-11-20)
Primary citationKakugawa, S.,Langton, P.F.,Zebisch, M.,Howell, S.A.,Chang, T.,Liu, Y.,Feizi, T.,Bineva, G.,O'Reilly, N.,Snijders, A.P.,Jones, E.Y.,Vincent, J.
Notum Deacylates Wnt Proteins to Suppress Signalling Activity.
Nature, 519:187-, 2015
Cited by
PubMed Abstract: Signalling by Wnt proteins is finely balanced to ensure normal development and tissue homeostasis while avoiding diseases such as cancer. This is achieved in part by Notum, a highly conserved secreted feedback antagonist. Notum has been thought to act as a phospholipase, shedding glypicans and associated Wnt proteins from the cell surface. However, this view fails to explain specificity, as glypicans bind many extracellular ligands. Here we provide genetic evidence in Drosophila that Notum requires glypicans to suppress Wnt signalling, but does not cleave their glycophosphatidylinositol anchor. Structural analyses reveal glycosaminoglycan binding sites on Notum, which probably help Notum to co-localize with Wnt proteins. They also identify, at the active site of human and Drosophila Notum, a large hydrophobic pocket that accommodates palmitoleate. Kinetic and mass spectrometric analyses of human proteins show that Notum is a carboxylesterase that removes an essential palmitoleate moiety from Wnt proteins and thus constitutes the first known extracellular protein deacylase.
PubMed: 25731175
DOI: 10.1038/NATURE14259
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Experimental method
X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.1 Å)
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