8egx
From Proteopedia
Complex of Fat4(EC1-4) bound to Dchs1(EC1-4)
Structural highlights
DiseaseFAT4_HUMAN Hennekam syndrome;Cerebrofacioarticular syndrome. The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry. The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry. FunctionFAT4_HUMAN Cadherins are calcium-dependent cell adhesion proteins. FAT4 plays a role in the maintenance of planar cell polarity as well as in inhibition of YAP1-mediated neuroprogenitor cell proliferation and differentiation (By similarity). Publication Abstract from PubMedThe atypical cadherins Fat and Dachsous are key regulators of cell growth and animal development. In contrast to classical cadherins, which form homophilic interactions to segregate cells, Fat and Dachsous cadherins form heterophilic interactions to induce cell polarity within tissues. Here, we determine the co-crystal structure of the human homologs Fat4 and Dachsous1 (Dchs1) to establish the molecular basis for Fat-Dachsous interactions. The binding domains of Fat4 and Dchs1 form an extended interface along extracellular cadherin (EC) domains 1-4 of each protein. Biophysical measurements indicate that Fat4-Dchs1 affinity is among the highest reported for cadherin superfamily members, which is attributed to an extensive network of salt bridges not present in structurally similar protocadherin homodimers. Furthermore, modeling suggests that unusual extracellular phosphorylation modifications directly modulate Fat-Dachsous binding by introducing charged contacts across the interface. Collectively, our analyses reveal how the molecular architecture of Fat4-Dchs1 enables them to form long-range, high-affinity interactions to maintain planar cell polarity. Structure of the planar cell polarity cadherins Fat4 and Dachsous1.,Medina E, Easa Y, Lester DK, Lau EK, Sprinzak D, Luca VC Nat Commun. 2023 Feb 16;14(1):891. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-36435-x. PMID:36797229[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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