4i50

Crystal structure of tubulin-stathmin-TTL-Epothilone A complex

spinqualitylabelsall models 4i50, resolution 2.30Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 4i50 is a 6 chain structure with sequence from Bos taurus, Gallus gallus and Rattus norvegicus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.3Å Ligands: ACP, CA, CL, EP, GDP, GOL, GTP, MES, MG Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function TBA1B_BOVIN Tubulin is the major constituent of microtubules. It binds two moles of GTP, one at an exchangeable site on the beta chain and one at a non-exchangeable site on the alpha chain. Publication Abstract from PubMed Microtubule-stabilizing agents (MSAs) are efficacious chemotherapeutic drugs widely used for the treatment of cancer. Despite the importance of MSAs for medical applications and basic research, their molecular mechanisms of action on tubulin and microtubules remain elusive. Here, we determined high-resolution crystal structures of alphabeta-tubulin in complex with two unrelated MSAs, zampanolide and epothilone A. Both compounds were bound to the taxane-pocket of beta-tubulin and used their respective side chain to induce structuring of the M-loop into a short helix. Because the M-loop establishes lateral tubulin contacts in microtubules, these findings explain how taxane-site MSAs promote microtubule assembly and stability. They further offer fundamental structural insights into the control mechanisms of microtubule dynamics. Molecular Mechanism of Action of Microtubule-Stabilizing Anticancer Agents.,Prota AE, Bargsten K, Zurwerra D, Field JJ, Diaz JF, Altmann KH, Steinmetz MO Science. 2013 Jan 3. PMID:23287720 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Stathmin-4 3D structures Tubulin 3D Structures Tubulin tyrosine ligase

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