3oht

Crystal Structure of Salmo Salar p38alpha

spinqualitylabelsall models 3oht, resolution 2.70Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 3oht is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Salmo salar. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.7Å Ligands: 1N1, SO4 Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function A9UJZ9_SALSA Publication Abstract from PubMed Many protein kinase functions, including autophosphorylation in trans, require dimerization, possibly by activation segment exchange. Such dimers have been reported for a few autophosphorylating protein kinases, but not for mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs). Activation of MAPKs proceeds not only via the well-characterized action of dual T/Y specificity MAPK kinases, phosphorylating both residues of the MAPK TxY activation loop motif, but also via a noncanonical activation pathway triggered by phosphorylation at Tyr323 and homodimerization. Here, we report the 2. 7-A-resolution structure of p38alpha MAPK from Salmo salar in a novel domain-swapped homodimeric form. The tyrosines of the conserved sequence YxAPE anchor the swapped activation segments in a configuration suitable for autophosphorylation in trans and provide a model for the noncanonical pathway. In the dimer, a structural unit containing Tyr323 is formed at a dimerization contact region that stabilizes the HRD catalytic loop in a unique inactive geometry. This feature is consistent with the requirement of Tyr323 phosphorylation for the initiation of the noncanonical pathway. Despite the interacting surface of more than 2600 A(2), the dimer is not obligate, as gel filtration shows the dimerization to occur only at relatively high concentrations. The transition from monomer to dimer involves a relatively simple hinged displacement of helix EF and adjacent residues. Thus, dimer formation is likely to be transient, compatible with functional requirements for autophosphorylation, allowing further modulation, for example, by scaffolding mechanisms. p38alpha MAP kinase dimers with swapped activation segments and a novel catalytic loop conformation.,Rothweiler U, Aberg E, Johnson KA, Hansen TE, Jorgensen JB, Engh RA J Mol Biol. 2011 Aug 12;411(2):474-85. Epub 2011 Jun 15. PMID:21699901 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Mitogen-activated protein kinase 3D structures

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