Structural highlights
3llp is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Human. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
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| Ligands: | , , , , |
| Gene: | FAN1, FSCN1, HSN, SNL (HUMAN) |
| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT |
Function
[FSCN1_HUMAN] Organizes filamentous actin into bundles with a minimum of 4.1:1 actin/fascin ratio. Plays a role in the organization of actin filament bundles and the formation of microspikes, membrane ruffles, and stress fibers. Important for the formation of a diverse set of cell protrusions, such as filopodia, and for cell motility and migration.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Evolutionary Conservation
Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Tumour metastasis is the primary cause of death of cancer patients. Development of new therapeutics preventing tumour metastasis is urgently needed. Migrastatin is a natural product secreted by Streptomyces, and synthesized migrastatin analogues such as macroketone are potent inhibitors of metastatic tumour cell migration, invasion and metastasis. Here we show that these migrastatin analogues target the actin-bundling protein fascin to inhibit its activity. X-ray crystal structural studies reveal that migrastatin analogues bind to one of the actin-binding sites on fascin. Our data demonstrate that actin cytoskeletal proteins such as fascin can be explored as new molecular targets for cancer treatment, in a similar manner to the microtubule protein tubulin.
Migrastatin analogues target fascin to block tumour metastasis.,Chen L, Yang S, Jakoncic J, Zhang JJ, Huang XY Nature. 2010 Apr 15;464(7291):1062-6. PMID:20393565[5]
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References
- ↑ Adams JC. Characterization of cell-matrix adhesion requirements for the formation of fascin microspikes. Mol Biol Cell. 1997 Nov;8(11):2345-63. PMID:9362073
- ↑ Yamashiro S, Yamakita Y, Ono S, Matsumura F. Fascin, an actin-bundling protein, induces membrane protrusions and increases cell motility of epithelial cells. Mol Biol Cell. 1998 May;9(5):993-1006. PMID:9571235
- ↑ Li A, Dawson JC, Forero-Vargas M, Spence HJ, Yu X, Konig I, Anderson K, Machesky LM. The actin-bundling protein fascin stabilizes actin in invadopodia and potentiates protrusive invasion. Curr Biol. 2010 Feb 23;20(4):339-45. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.12.035. Epub 2010, Feb 4. PMID:20137952 doi:10.1016/j.cub.2009.12.035
- ↑ Chen L, Yang S, Jakoncic J, Zhang JJ, Huang XY. Migrastatin analogues target fascin to block tumour metastasis. Nature. 2010 Apr 15;464(7291):1062-6. PMID:20393565 doi:10.1038/nature08978
- ↑ Chen L, Yang S, Jakoncic J, Zhang JJ, Huang XY. Migrastatin analogues target fascin to block tumour metastasis. Nature. 2010 Apr 15;464(7291):1062-6. PMID:20393565 doi:10.1038/nature08978
