1m5i

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1m5i, resolution 2.0Å

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Crystal Structure of the coiled coil region 129-250 of the tumor suppressor gene product APC

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Overview

The APC (adenomatous polyposis coli) tumor suppressor protein has many, different intracellular functions including a nuclear export activity., Only little is known about the molecular architecture of the 2843-amino, acid APC protein. Guided by secondary structure predictions we identified, a fragment close to the N-terminal end, termed APC-(129-250), as a soluble, and protease-resistant domain. We solved the crystal structure of, APC-(129-250), which is monomeric and consists of three alpha-helices, forming two separate antiparallel coiled coils. APC-(129-250) includes the, nuclear export signal NES-(165-174) at the C-terminal end of the first, helix. Surprisingly, the conserved hydrophobic amino acids of, NES-(165-174) are buried in one of the coiled coils and are thus not, accessible for interaction with other proteins. We demonstrate the direct, interaction of APC-(129-250) with the nuclear export factor chromosome, maintenance region 1 (Crm-1). This interaction is enhanced by the small, GTPase Ran in its activated GTP-bound form and also by a double mutation, in APC-(129-250), which deletes two amino acids forming two of the major, interhelical interactions within the coiled coil. These observations hint, to a regulatory mechanism of the APC nuclear export activity by NES, masking.

Disease

Known diseases associated with this structure: Adenoma, periampullary OMIM:[611731], Adenomatous polyposis coli OMIM:[611731], Brain tumor-polyposis syndrome 2 OMIM:[611731], Colorectal cancer, somatic OMIM:[611731], Desmoid disease, hereditary OMIM:[611731], Gardner syndrome OMIM:[611731], Gastric cancer, somatic OMIM:[611731], Hepatoblastoma OMIM:[611731]

About this Structure

1M5I is a Single protein structure of sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.

Reference

The coiled coil region (amino acids 129-250) of the tumor suppressor protein adenomatous polyposis coli (APC). Its structure and its interaction with chromosome maintenance region 1 (Crm-1)., Tickenbrock L, Cramer J, Vetter IR, Muller O, J Biol Chem. 2002 Aug 30;277(35):32332-8. Epub 2002 Jun 17. PMID:12070164

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