| Structural highlights
4i55 is a 6 chain structure with sequence from Bos taurus, Buffalo rat and Chick. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
| | Ligands: | , , , , , , |
| Related: | 4i4t, 4i50, 4ihj, 4iij |
| Gene: | Stmn4 (Buffalo rat), TTL (CHICK) |
| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT |
Function
[TBA1B_BOVIN] Tubulin is the major constituent of microtubules. It binds two moles of GTP, one at an exchangeable site on the beta chain and one at a non-exchangeable site on the alpha chain. [STMN4_RAT] Exhibits microtubule-destabilizing activity.[1] [2] [3] [TBB2B_BOVIN] Tubulin is the major constituent of microtubules. It binds two moles of GTP, one at an exchangeable site on the beta chain and one at a non-exchangeable site on the alpha chain (By similarity).
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Microtubule-stabilizing agents (MSAs) are efficacious chemotherapeutic drugs widely used for the treatment of cancer. Despite the importance of MSAs for medical applications and basic research, their molecular mechanisms of action on tubulin and microtubules remain elusive. Here, we determined high-resolution crystal structures of alphabeta-tubulin in complex with two unrelated MSAs, zampanolide and epothilone A. Both compounds were bound to the taxane-pocket of beta-tubulin and used their respective side chain to induce structuring of the M-loop into a short helix. Because the M-loop establishes lateral tubulin contacts in microtubules, these findings explain how taxane-site MSAs promote microtubule assembly and stability. They further offer fundamental structural insights into the control mechanisms of microtubule dynamics.
Molecular Mechanism of Action of Microtubule-Stabilizing Anticancer Agents.,Prota AE, Bargsten K, Zurwerra D, Field JJ, Diaz JF, Altmann KH, Steinmetz MO Science. 2013 Jan 3. PMID:23287720[4]
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
References
- ↑ Nakao C, Itoh TJ, Hotani H, Mori N. Modulation of the stathmin-like microtubule destabilizing activity of RB3, a neuron-specific member of the SCG10 family, by its N-terminal domain. J Biol Chem. 2004 May 28;279(22):23014-21. Epub 2004 Mar 22. PMID:15039434 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M313693200
- ↑ Gavet O, El Messari S, Ozon S, Sobel A. Regulation and subcellular localization of the microtubule-destabilizing stathmin family phosphoproteins in cortical neurons. J Neurosci Res. 2002 Jun 1;68(5):535-50. PMID:12111843 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jnr.10234
- ↑ Ravelli RB, Gigant B, Curmi PA, Jourdain I, Lachkar S, Sobel A, Knossow M. Insight into tubulin regulation from a complex with colchicine and a stathmin-like domain. Nature. 2004 Mar 11;428(6979):198-202. PMID:15014504 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature02393
- ↑ Prota AE, Bargsten K, Zurwerra D, Field JJ, Diaz JF, Altmann KH, Steinmetz MO. Molecular Mechanism of Action of Microtubule-Stabilizing Anticancer Agents. Science. 2013 Jan 3. PMID:23287720 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1230582
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