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==Crystal structure of a truncated variant of the human p73 tetramerization domain==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[2wqj]] is a 28 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=2WQJ OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2WQJ 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]] 2&#8491;</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=2wqj FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=2wqj OCA], [https://pdbe.org/2wqj PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=2wqj RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/2wqj PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=2wqj ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P73_HUMAN P73_HUMAN] Participates in the apoptotic response to DNA damage. Isoforms containing the transactivation domain are pro-apoptotic, isoforms lacking the domain are anti-apoptotic and block the function of p53 and transactivating p73 isoforms. May be a tumor suppressor protein.<ref>PMID:11753569</ref> <ref>PMID:10203277</ref> <ref>PMID:18174154</ref> 
== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Oligomerization of members of the p53 family of transcription factors (p53, p63, and p73) is essential for their distinct functions in cell-cycle control and development. To elucidate the molecular basis for tetramer formation of the various family members, we solved the crystal structure of the human p73 tetramerization domain (residues 351-399). Similarly to the canonical p53 tetramer, p73 forms a tetramer with D(2) symmetry that can be described as a dimer of dimers. The most striking difference between the p53 and p73 tetramerization domain is the presence of an additional C-terminal helix in p73. This helix, which is conserved in p63, is essential for stabilizing the overall architecture of the tetramer, as evidenced by the different oligomeric structures observed for a shortened variant lacking this helix. The helices act as clamps, wrapping around the neighboring dimer and holding it in place. In addition, we show by mass spectrometry that the tetramerization domains of p63 and p73, but not p53, fully exchange, with different mixed tetramers present at equilibrium, albeit at a relatively slow rate. Taken together, these data provide intriguing insights into the divergent evolution of the oligomerization domain within the p53 family, from the ancestral p63/p73-like protein toward smaller, less promiscuous monomeric building blocks in human p53, allowing functional separation of the p53 pathway from that of its family members.

Structural evolution of p53, p63, and p73: Implication for heterotetramer formation.,Joerger AC, Rajagopalan S, Natan E, Veprintsev DB, Robinson CV, Fersht AR Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Oct 7. PMID:19815500<ref>PMID:19815500</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[P73|P73]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Homo sapiens]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Joerger AC]]