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==Structure of the Symmetric Mad2 Dimer==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[2vfx]] is a 12 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_sapiens Homo sapiens]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2VFX OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2VFX FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 1.95&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=CL:CHLORIDE+ION'>CL</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=MG:MAGNESIUM+ION'>MG</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=PE3:3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24,27,30,33,36,39-TRIDECAOXAHENTETRACONTANE-1,41-DIOL'>PE3</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=PE4:2-{2-[2-(2-{2-[2-(2-ETHOXY-ETHOXY)-ETHOXY]-ETHOXY}-ETHOXY)-ETHOXY]-ETHOXY}-ETHANOL'>PE4</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=PEG:DI(HYDROXYETHYL)ETHER'>PEG</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2vfx FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=2vfx OCA], [https://pdbe.org/2vfx PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=2vfx RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/2vfx PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=2vfx ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/MD2L1_HUMAN MD2L1_HUMAN] Component of the spindle-assembly checkpoint that prevents the onset of anaphase until all chromosomes are properly aligned at the metaphase plate. Required for the execution of the mitotic checkpoint which monitors the process of kinetochore-spindle attachment and inhibits the activity of the anaphase promoting complex by sequestering CDC20 until all chromosomes are aligned at the metaphase plate.<ref>PMID:10700282</ref> <ref>PMID:11804586</ref> <ref>PMID:15024386</ref> 
== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
In response to misaligned sister chromatids during mitosis, the spindle checkpoint protein Mad2 inhibits the anaphase-promoting complex or cyclosome (APC/C) through binding to its mitotic activator Cdc20, thus delaying anaphase onset. Mad1, an upstream regulator of Mad2, forms a tight core complex with Mad2 and facilitates Mad2 binding to Cdc20. In the absence of its binding proteins, free Mad2 has two natively folded conformers, termed N1-Mad2/open-Mad2 (O-Mad2) and N2-Mad2/closed Mad2 (C-Mad2), with C-Mad2 being more active in APC/C(Cdc20) inhibition. Here, we show that whereas O-Mad2 is monomeric, C-Mad2 forms either symmetric C-Mad2-C-Mad2 (C-C) or asymmetric O-Mad2-C-Mad2 (O-C) dimers. We also report the crystal structure of the symmetric C-C Mad2 dimer, revealing the basis for the ability of unliganded C-Mad2, but not O-Mad2 or liganded C-Mad2, to form symmetric dimers. A Mad2 mutant that predominantly forms the C-C dimer is functional in vitro and in living cells. Finally, the Mad1-Mad2 core complex facilitates the conversion of O-Mad2 to C-Mad2 in vitro. Collectively, our results establish the existence of a symmetric Mad2 dimer and provide insights into Mad1-assisted conformational activation of Mad2 in the spindle checkpoint.

Insights into mad2 regulation in the spindle checkpoint revealed by the crystal structure of the symmetric mad2 dimer.,Yang M, Li B, Liu CJ, Tomchick DR, Machius M, Rizo J, Yu H, Luo X PLoS Biol. 2008 Mar 4;6(3):e50. PMID:18318601<ref>PMID:18318601</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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== References ==
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[[Category: Homo sapiens]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Li B]]
[[Category: Liu C-J]]
[[Category: Luo X]]
[[Category: Machius M]]
[[Category: Rizo J]]
[[Category: Tomchick DR]]
[[Category: Yang M]]
[[Category: Yu H]]