1mk3
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SOLUTION STRUCTURE OF HUMAN BCL-W PROTEIN
Overview
The structure of human BCL-w, an anti-apoptotic member of the BCL-2, family, was determined by triple-resonance NMR spectroscopy and molecular, modeling. Introduction of a single amino acid substitution (P117V), significantly improved the quality of the NMR spectra obtained. The, cytosolic domain of BCL-w consists of 8 alpha-helices, which adopt a fold, similar to that of BCL-xL, BCL-2, and BAX proteins. Pairwise root meant, square deviation values were less than 3 A for backbone atoms of, structurally equivalent regions. Interestingly, the C-terminal helix, alpha8 of BCL-w folds into the BH3-binding hydrophobic cleft of the, protein, in a fashion similar to the C-terminal transmembrane helix of, BAX. A peptide corresponding to the BH3 region of the pro-apoptotic, protein, BID, could displace helix alpha8 from the BCL-w cleft, resulting, in helix unfolding. Deletion of helix alpha8 increased binding affinities, of BCL-w for BAK and BID BH3-peptides, indicating that this helix competes, for peptide binding to the hydrophobic cleft. These results suggest that, although the cytosolic domain of BCL-w exhibits an overall structure, similar to that of BCL-xL and BCL-2, the unique organization of its, C-terminal helix may modulate BCL-w interactions with pro-apoptotic, binding partners.
About this Structure
1MK3 is a Single protein structure of sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Solution structure of human BCL-w: modulation of ligand binding by the C-terminal helix., Denisov AY, Madiraju MS, Chen G, Khadir A, Beauparlant P, Attardo G, Shore GC, Gehring K, J Biol Chem. 2003 Jun 6;278(23):21124-8. Epub 2003 Mar 21. PMID:12651847
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