3ryc

<StructureSection load='3ryc' size='340' side='right' caption='[[3ryc]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 2.10&Aring;' scene=''>

<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[3ryc]] is a 5 chain structure with sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovis_aries Ovis aries] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattus_norvegicus Rattus norvegicus]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=3RYC OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3RYC FirstGlance]. <br>

</td></tr><tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><scene name='pdbligand=GDP:GUANOSINE-5-DIPHOSPHATE'>GDP</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=GTP:GUANOSINE-5-TRIPHOSPHATE'>GTP</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=MG:MAGNESIUM+ION'>MG</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=SO4:SULFATE+ION'>SO4</scene></td></tr>

<tr id='NonStdRes'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Non-Standard_Residue|NonStd Res:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><scene name='pdbligand=ACE:ACETYL+GROUP'>ACE</scene></td></tr>

<tr id='related'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Related_structure|Related:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat">[[3ryf|3ryf]], [[3ryh|3ryh]], [[3ryi|3ryi]]</td></tr>

<tr id='gene'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Gene|Gene:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat">Stmn4 ([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&srchmode=5&id=10116 Rattus norvegicus])</td></tr>

<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3ryc FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=3ryc OCA], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=3ryc RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/3ryc PDBsum]</span></td></tr>

== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==

Tubulin alternates between a soluble curved structure and a microtubule straight conformation. GTP binding to alphabeta-tubulin is required for microtubule assembly, but whether this triggers conversion into a straighter structure is still debated. This is due, at least in part, to the lack of structural data for GTP-tubulin before assembly. Here, we report atomic-resolution crystal structures of soluble tubulin in the GDP and GTP nucleotide states in a complex with a stathmin-like domain. The structures differ locally in the neighborhood of the nucleotide. A loop movement in GTP-bound tubulin favors its recruitment to the ends of growing microtubules and facilitates its curved-to-straight transition, but this conversion has not proceeded yet. The data therefore argue for the conformational change toward the straight structure occurring as microtubule-specific contacts are established. They also suggest a model for the way the tubulin structure is modified in relation to microtubule assembly.

 

The determinants that govern microtubule assembly from the atomic structure of GTP-tubulin.,Nawrotek A, Knossow M, Gigant B J Mol Biol. 2011 Sep 9;412(1):35-42. Epub 2011 Jul 23. PMID:21787788<ref>PMID:21787788</ref>

 

*[[Tubulin|Tubulin]]

[[Category: Gigant, B]]

[[Category: Knossow, M]]

[[Category: Nawrotek, A]]

[[Category: Tubulin]]