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1aui
From Proteopedia
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| , resolution 2.1Å | |||||||
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| Sites: | , , , , and | ||||||
| Ligands: | , and | ||||||
| Activity: | Phosphoprotein phosphatase, with EC number 3.1.3.16 | ||||||
| Coordinates: | save as pdb, mmCIF, xml | ||||||
HUMAN CALCINEURIN HETERODIMER
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Overview
Calcineurin (CaN) is a calcium- and calmodulin-dependent protein serine/threonine phosphate which is critical for several important cellular processes, including T-cell activation. CaN is the target of the immunosuppressive drugs cyclosporin A and FK506, which inhibit CaN after forming complexes with cytoplasmic binding proteins (cyclophilin and FKBP12, respectively). We report here the crystal structures of full-length human CaN at 2.1 A resolution and of the complex of human CaN with FKBP12-FK506 at 3.5 A resolution. In the native CaN structure, an auto-inhibitory element binds at the Zn/Fe-containing active site. The metal-site geometry and active-site water structure suggest a catalytic mechanism involving nucleophilic attack on the substrate phosphate by a metal-activated water molecule. In the FKBP12-FK506-CaN complex, the auto-inhibitory element is displaced from the active site. The site of binding of FKBP12-FK506 appears to be shared by other non-competitive inhibitors of calcineurin, including a natural anchoring protein.
Disease
Known diseases associated with this structure: Cornea plana congenita, recessive OMIM:[603288], Myotonic dystrophy, type 2 OMIM:[116955]
About this Structure
1AUI is a Protein complex structure of sequences from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Crystal structures of human calcineurin and the human FKBP12-FK506-calcineurin complex., Kissinger CR, Parge HE, Knighton DR, Lewis CT, Pelletier LA, Tempczyk A, Kalish VJ, Tucker KD, Showalter RE, Moomaw EW, et al., Nature. 1995 Dec 7;378(6557):641-4. PMID:8524402
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