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1a1u
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| Gene: | P53 TUMOR SUPPRESSOR (Homo sapiens) | ||||||
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SOLUTION STRUCTURE DETERMINATION OF A P53 MUTANT DIMERIZATION DOMAIN, NMR, MINIMIZED AVERAGE STRUCTURE
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Overview
The p53 tumor suppressor oligomerization domain, a dimer of two primary dimers, is an independently folding domain whose subunits consist of a beta-strand, a tight turn and an alpha-helix. To evaluate the effect of hydrophobic side-chains on three-dimensional structure, we substituted residues Phe341 and Leu344 in the alpha-helix with other hydrophobic amino acids. Substitutions that resulted in residue 341 having a smaller side-chain than residue 344 switched the stoichiometry of the domain from tetrameric to dimeric. The three-dimensional structure of one such dimer was determined by multidimensional NMR spectroscopy. When compared with the primary dimer of the wild-type p53 oligomerization domain, the mutant dimer showed a switch in alpha-helical packing from anti-parallel to parallel and rotation of the alpha-helices relative to the beta-strands. Hydrophobic side-chain size is therefore an important determinant of a protein fold.
Disease
Known diseases associated with this structure: Adrenal cortical carcinoma OMIM:[191170], Breast cancer OMIM:[191170], Colorectal cancer OMIM:[191170], Hepatocellular carcinoma OMIM:[191170], Histiocytoma OMIM:[191170], Li-Fraumeni syndrome OMIM:[191170], Multiple malignancy syndrome OMIM:[191170], Nasopharyngeal carcinoma OMIM:[191170], Osteosarcoma OMIM:[191170], Pancreatic cancer OMIM:[191170], Thyroid carcinoma OMIM:[191170]
About this Structure
1A1U is a Single protein structure of sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Hydrophobic side-chain size is a determinant of the three-dimensional structure of the p53 oligomerization domain., McCoy M, Stavridi ES, Waterman JL, Wieczorek AM, Opella SJ, Halazonetis TD, EMBO J. 1997 Oct 15;16(20):6230-6. PMID:9321402
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