5U1T

Crystal structure of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae separase-securin complex at 2.6 angstrom resolution

5U1T の概要

• エントリーDOI: 10.2210/pdb5u1t/pdb
• 関連するPDBエントリー: 5U1S
• 分子名称: Separin, Securin (3 entities in total)
• 機能のキーワード: separase-securin complex, esp1, pds1, chromosome segregation, cohesion, helical region, inhibition, chaperon, hydrolase
• 由来する生物種: Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Baker's yeast); 詳細
• タンパク質・核酸の鎖数: 2
• 化学式量合計: 197411.07

構造登録者

Luo, S.,Tong, L. (登録日: 2016-11-29, 公開日: 2017-02-08, 最終更新日: 2024-10-09)

主引用文献

Luo, S.,Tong, L.
Molecular mechanism for the regulation of yeast separase by securin.
Nature, 542:255-259, 2017

PubMed Abstract: Separase is a cysteine protease with a crucial role in the dissolution of cohesion among sister chromatids during chromosome segregation. In human tumours separase is overexpressed, making it a potential target for drug discovery. The protease activity of separase is strictly regulated by the inhibitor securin, which forms a tight complex with separase and may also stabilize this enzyme. Separases are large, 140-250-kilodalton enzymes, with an amino-terminal α-helical region and a carboxy-terminal caspase-like catalytic domain. Although crystal structures of the C-terminal two domains of separase and low-resolution electron microscopy reconstructions of the separase-securin complex have been reported, the atomic structures of full-length separase and especially the complex with securin are unknown. Here we report crystal structures at up to 2.6 Å resolution of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae separase-securin complex. The α-helical region of separase (also known as Esp1) contains four domains (I-IV), and a substrate-binding domain immediately precedes the catalytic domain and has tight associations with it. The separase-securin complex assumes a highly elongated structure. Residues 258-373 of securin (Pds1), named the separase interaction segment, are primarily in an extended conformation and traverse the entire length of separase, interacting with all of its domains. Most importantly, residues 258-269 of securin are located in the separase active site, illuminating the mechanism of inhibition. Biochemical studies confirm the structural observations and indicate that contacts outside the separase active site are crucial for stabilizing the complex, thereby defining an important function for the helical region of separase.

PubMed: 28146474
DOI: 10.1038/nature21061

実験手法

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.6 Å)