1m8z
From Proteopedia
Crystal Structure Of A Pumilio-Homology Domain
Overview
Puf proteins regulate translation and mRNA stability by binding sequences in their target RNAs through the Pumilio homology domain (PUM-HD), which is characterized by eight tandem copies of a 36 amino acid motif, the PUM repeat. We have solved the structure of the PUM-HD from human Pumilio1 at 1.9 A resolution. The structure reveals that the eight PUM repeats correspond to eight copies of a single, repeated structural motif. The PUM repeats pack together to form a right-handed superhelix that approximates a half doughnut. The distribution of side chains on the inner and outer faces of this half doughnut suggests that the inner face of the PUM-HD binds RNA while the outer face interacts with proteins such as Nanos, Brain Tumor, and cytoplasmic polyadenylation element binding protein.
About this Structure
1M8Z is a Single protein structure of sequence from Homo sapiens. This structure supersedes the now removed PDB entry 1ib3. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Crystal structure of a Pumilio homology domain., Wang X, Zamore PD, Hall TM, Mol Cell. 2001 Apr;7(4):855-65. PMID:11336708 Page seeded by OCA on Sat May 3 00:46:48 2008
