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==Crystal structure of the HECT domain of Smurf 1 in complex with inhibitor 8==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[9fsj]] is a 1 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=9FSJ OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=9FSJ 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]] 2.05&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=TJQ:ethyl+5-[1,3-benzodioxol-5-ylmethyl(ethyl)carbamoyl]-2,4-dimethyl-1~{H}-pyrrole-3-carboxylate'>TJQ</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=9fsj FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=9fsj OCA], [https://pdbe.org/9fsj PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=9fsj RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/9fsj PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=9fsj ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/SMUF1_HUMAN SMUF1_HUMAN] E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase that acts as a negative regulator of BMP signaling pathway. Mediates ubiquitination and degradation of SMAD1 and SMAD5, 2 receptor-regulated SMADs specific for the BMP pathway. Promotes ubiquitination and subsequent proteasomal degradation of TRAF family members and RHOA.<ref>PMID:10458166</ref> <ref>PMID:19937093</ref> <ref>PMID:21402695</ref> 
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Targeting ubiquitin E3 ligases is therapeutically attractive; however, the absence of an active-site pocket impedes computational approaches for identifying inhibitors. In a large, unbiased biochemical screen, we discover inhibitors that bind a cryptic cavity distant from the catalytic cysteine of the homologous to E6-associated protein C terminus domain (HECT) E3 ligase, SMAD ubiquitin regulatory factor 1 (SMURF1). Structural and biochemical analyses and engineered escape mutants revealed that these inhibitors restrict an essential catalytic motion by extending an alpha helix over a conserved glycine hinge. SMURF1 levels are increased in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a disease caused by mutation of bone morphogenetic protein receptor-2 (BMPR2). We demonstrated that SMURF1 inhibition prevented BMPR2 ubiquitylation, normalized bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling, restored pulmonary vascular cell homeostasis, and reversed pathology in established experimental PAH. Leveraging this deep mechanistic understanding, we undertook an in silico machine-learning-based screen to identify inhibitors of the prototypic HECT E6AP and confirmed glycine-hinge-dependent allosteric activity in vitro. Inhibiting HECTs and other glycine-hinge proteins opens a new druggable space.

Therapeutic potential of allosteric HECT E3 ligase inhibition.,Rothman AMK, Florentin A, Zink F, Quigley C, Bonneau O, Hemmig R, Hachey A, Rejtar T, Thaker M, Jain R, Huang SM, Sutton D, Roger J, Zhang JH, Weiler S, Cotesta S, Ottl J, Srivastava S, Kordonsky A, Avishid R, Yariv E, Rathi R, Khvalevsky O, Troxler T, Binmahfooz SK, Kleifeld O, Morrell NW, Humbert M, Thomas MJ, Jarai G, Beckwith REJ, Cobb JS, Smith N, Ostermann N, Tallarico J, Shaw D, Guth-Gundel S, Prag G, Rowlands DJ Cell. 2025 Apr 2:S0092-8674(25)00274-0. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.03.001. PMID:40179885<ref>PMID:40179885</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: Ostermann N]]