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1jwy
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CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE DYNAMIN A GTPASE DOMAIN COMPLEXED WITH GDP, DETERMINED AS MYOSIN FUSION
Overview
Dynamins form a family of multidomain GTPases involved in endocytosis, vesicle trafficking and maintenance of mitochondrial morphology. In contrast to the classical switch GTPases, a force-generating function has been suggested for dynamins. Here we report the 2.3 A crystal structure of the nucleotide-free and GDP-bound GTPase domain of Dictyostelium discoideum dynamin A. The GTPase domain is the most highly conserved region among dynamins. The globular structure contains the G-protein core fold, which is extended from a six-stranded beta-sheet to an eight-stranded one by a 55 amino acid insertion. This topologically unique insertion distinguishes dynamins from other subfamilies of GTP-binding proteins. An additional N-terminal helix interacts with the C-terminal helix of the GTPase domain, forming a hydrophobic groove, which could be occupied by C-terminal parts of dynamin not present in our construct. The lack of major conformational changes between the nucleotide-free and the GDP-bound state suggests that mechanochemical rearrangements in dynamin occur during GTP binding, GTP hydrolysis or phosphate release and are not linked to loss of GDP.
About this Structure
1JWY is a Protein complex structure of sequences from Dictyostelium discoideum. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Crystal structure of a dynamin GTPase domain in both nucleotide-free and GDP-bound forms., Niemann HH, Knetsch ML, Scherer A, Manstein DJ, Kull FJ, EMBO J. 2001 Nov 1;20(21):5813-21. PMID:11689422 Page seeded by OCA on Fri May 2 22:01:43 2008
