Structural highlights
Disease
[BCL6_HUMAN] Note=Chromosomal aberrations involving BCL6 may be a cause of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Translocation t(3;14)(q27;q32); translocation t(3;22)(q27;q11) with immunoglobulin gene regions. Note=A chromosomal aberration involving BCL6 may be a cause of a form of B-cell leukemia. Translocation t(3;11)(q27;q23) with POU2AF1/OBF1. Note=A chromosomal aberration involving BCL6 may be a cause of lymphoma. Translocation t(3;4)(q27;p11) with ARHH/TTF.
Function
[BCL6_HUMAN] Transcriptional repressor which is required for germinal center formation and antibody affinity maturation. Probably plays an important role in lymphomagenesis.[1] [2]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
BCL6 is a transcriptional repressor that is overexpressed in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and follicular lymphoma. The N-terminal POZ domain of BCL6 interacts with transcriptional corepressors and targeting these associations is a promising therapeutic strategy. Previous structural studies of the BCL6 POZ domain have used a mutant form because of the low solubility of the wild-type recombinant protein. A method for the purification and crystallization of the wild-type BCL6 POZ domain is described and the crystal structure to 2.1 A resolution is reported. This will be relevant for the design of therapeutics that target BCL6 POZ-domain interaction interfaces.
Structure of the wild-type human BCL6 POZ domain.,Stead MA, Rosbrook GO, Hadden JM, Trinh CH, Carr SB, Wright SC Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2008 Dec 1;64(Pt 12):1101-4., Epub 2008 Nov 28. PMID:19052359[3]
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See Also
References
- ↑ Niu H, Ye BH, Dalla-Favera R. Antigen receptor signaling induces MAP kinase-mediated phosphorylation and degradation of the BCL-6 transcription factor. Genes Dev. 1998 Jul 1;12(13):1953-61. PMID:9649500
- ↑ Ghetu AF, Corcoran CM, Cerchietti L, Bardwell VJ, Melnick A, Prive GG. Structure of a BCOR corepressor peptide in complex with the BCL6 BTB domain dimer. Mol Cell. 2008 Feb 15;29(3):384-91. PMID:18280243 doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2007.12.026
- ↑ Stead MA, Rosbrook GO, Hadden JM, Trinh CH, Carr SB, Wright SC. Structure of the wild-type human BCL6 POZ domain. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2008 Dec 1;64(Pt 12):1101-4., Epub 2008 Nov 28. PMID:19052359 doi:10.1107/S1744309108036063
