Structural highlights
Function
[S100B_HUMAN] Weakly binds calcium but binds zinc very tightly-distinct binding sites with different affinities exist for both ions on each monomer. Physiological concentrations of potassium ion antagonize the binding of both divalent cations, especially affecting high-affinity calcium-binding sites. Binds to and initiates the activation of STK38 by releasing autoinhibitory intramolecular interactions within the kinase. Interaction with AGER after myocardial infarction may play a role in myocyte apoptosis by activating ERK1/2 and p53/TP53 signaling (By similarity). Could assist ATAD3A cytoplasmic processing, preventing aggregation and favoring mitochondrial localization.[1]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
S100B is one of the best-characterized members of the calcium-signaling S100 protein family. Most S100 proteins are dimeric, with each monomer containing two EF-hand calcium-binding sites (EF1, EF2). S100B and other S100 proteins respond to calcium increases in the cell by coordinating calcium and undergoing a conformational change that allows them to interact with a variety of cellular targets. Although several three dimensional structures of S100 proteins are available in the calcium-free (apo-) state it has been observed that these structures appear to adopt a wide range of conformations in the EF2 site with respect to the positioning of helix III, the helix that undergoes the most dramatic calcium-induced conformational change. In this work, we have determined the structure of human apo-S100B at 10 degrees C to examine whether temperature might be responsible for these structural differences. Further, we have used this data, and other available apo-S100 structures, to show that despite the range of interhelical angles adopted in the apo-S100 structures, normal Gaussian distributions about the mean angles found in the structure of human apo-S100B are observed. This finding, only obvious from the analysis of all available apo-S100 proteins, provides direct structural evidence that helix III is a loosely packed helix. This is likely a necessary functional property of the S100 proteins that facilitates the calcium-induced conformational change of helix III. In contrast, the calcium-bound structures of the S100 proteins show significantly smaller variability in the interhelical angles. This shows that calcium binding to the S100 proteins causes not only a conformational change but results in a tighter distribution of helices within the EF2 calcium binding site required for target protein interactions. Proteins 2008. (c) 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Analysis of the structure of human apo-S100B at low temperature indicates a unimodal conformational distribution is adopted by calcium-free S100 proteins.,Malik S, Revington M, Smith SP, Shaw GS Proteins. 2008 Apr 2;. PMID:18384084[2]
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See Also
References
- ↑ Gilquin B, Cannon BR, Hubstenberger A, Moulouel B, Falk E, Merle N, Assard N, Kieffer S, Rousseau D, Wilder PT, Weber DJ, Baudier J. The calcium-dependent interaction between S100B and the mitochondrial AAA ATPase ATAD3A and the role of this complex in the cytoplasmic processing of ATAD3A. Mol Cell Biol. 2010 Jun;30(11):2724-36. doi: 10.1128/MCB.01468-09. Epub 2010 Mar , 29. PMID:20351179 doi:10.1128/MCB.01468-09
- ↑ Malik S, Revington M, Smith SP, Shaw GS. Analysis of the structure of human apo-S100B at low temperature indicates a unimodal conformational distribution is adopted by calcium-free S100 proteins. Proteins. 2008 Apr 2;. PMID:18384084 doi:10.1002/prot.22037
