1i3o

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1i3o, resolution 2.7Å

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CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE COMPLEX OF XIAP-BIR2 AND CASPASE 3

Contents

Overview

The molecular mechanism(s) that regulate apoptosis by caspase inhibition, remain poorly understood. The main endogenous inhibitors are members of, the IAP family and are exemplified by XIAP, which regulates the initiator, caspase-9, and the executioner caspases-3 and -7. We report the crystal, structure of the second BIR domain of XIAP (BIR2) in complex with, caspase-3, at a resolution of 2.7 A, revealing the structural basis for, inhibition. The inhibitor makes limited contacts through its BIR domain to, the surface of the enzyme, and most contacts to caspase-3 originate from, the N-terminal extension. This lies across the substrate binding cleft, but in reverse orientation compared to substrate binding. The mechanism of, inhibition is due to a steric blockade prohibitive of substrate binding, and is distinct from the mechanism utilized by synthetic substrate analog, inhibitors.

Disease

Known diseases associated with this structure: Lymphoproliferative syndrome, X-linked, 2 OMIM:[300079]

About this Structure

1I3O is a Protein complex structure of sequences from Homo sapiens with ZN as ligand. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.

Reference

Structural basis for the inhibition of caspase-3 by XIAP., Riedl SJ, Renatus M, Schwarzenbacher R, Zhou Q, Sun C, Fesik SW, Liddington RC, Salvesen GS, Cell. 2001 Mar 9;104(5):791-800. PMID:11257232

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