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1ikn
From Proteopedia
IKAPPABALPHA/NF-KAPPAB COMPLEX
Overview
IkappaBalpha regulates the transcription factor NF-kappaB through the formation of stable IkappaBalpha/NF-kappaB complexes. Prior to induction, IkappaBalpha retains NF-kappaB in the cytoplasm until the NF-kappaB activation signal is received. After activation, NF-kappaB is removed from gene promoters through association with nuclear IkappaBalpha, restoring the preinduction state. The 2.3 A crystal structure of IkappaBalpha in complex with the NF-kappaB p50/p65 heterodimer reveals mechanisms of these inhibitory activities. The presence of IkappaBalpha allows large en bloc movement of the NF-kappaB p65 subunit amino-terminal domain. This conformational change induces allosteric inhibition of NF-kappaB DNA binding. Amino acid residues immediately preceding the nuclear localization signals of both NF-kappaB p50 and p65 subunits are tethered to the IkappaBalpha amino-terminal ankyrin repeats, impeding NF-kappaB from nuclear import machinery recognition.
About this Structure
1IKN is a Protein complex structure of sequences from Homo sapiens and Mus musculus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
The crystal structure of the IkappaBalpha/NF-kappaB complex reveals mechanisms of NF-kappaB inactivation., Huxford T, Huang DB, Malek S, Ghosh G, Cell. 1998 Dec 11;95(6):759-70. PMID:9865694 Page seeded by OCA on Fri May 2 20:06:16 2008
