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==Crystal structure of CED-3== | |||
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== Structural highlights == | |||
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[4m9r]] is a 2 chain structure with sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis_elegans Caenorhabditis elegans]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=4M9R OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=4M9R FirstGlance]. <br> | |||
</td></tr><tr id='gene'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Gene|Gene:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat">ced-3 ([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&srchmode=5&id=6239 Caenorhabditis elegans])</td></tr> | |||
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=4m9r FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=4m9r OCA], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=4m9r RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/4m9r PDBsum]</span></td></tr> | |||
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed == | |||
Programmed cell death in Caenorhabditis elegans requires activation of the caspase CED-3, which strictly depends on CED-4. CED-4 forms an octameric apoptosome, which binds the CED-3 zymogen and facilitates its autocatalytic maturation. Despite recent advances, major questions remain unanswered. Importantly, how CED-4 recognizes CED-3 and how such binding facilitates CED-3 activation remain completely unknown. Here we demonstrate that the L2' loop of CED-3 directly binds CED-4 and plays a major role in the formation of an active CED-4-CED-3 holoenzyme. The crystal structure of the CED-4 apoptosome bound to the L2' loop fragment of CED-3, determined at 3.2 A resolution, reveals specific interactions between a stretch of five hydrophobic amino acids from CED-3 and a shallow surface pocket within the hutch of the funnel-shaped CED-4 apoptosome. Structure-guided biochemical analysis confirms the functional importance of the observed CED-4-CED-3 interface. Structural analysis together with published evidence strongly suggest a working model in which two molecules of CED-3 zymogen, through specific recognition, are forced into the hutch of the CED-4 apoptosome, consequently undergoing dimerization and autocatalytic maturation. The mechanism of CED-3 activation represents a major revision of the prevailing model for initiator caspase activation. | |||
Mechanistic insights into CED-4-mediated activation of CED-3.,Huang W, Jiang T, Choi W, Qi S, Pang Y, Hu Q, Xu Y, Gong X, Jeffrey PD, Wang J, Shi Y Genes Dev. 2013 Sep 15;27(18):2039-48. doi: 10.1101/gad.224428.113. PMID:24065769<ref>PMID:24065769</ref> | |||
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br> | |||
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== | ==See Also== | ||
*[[Cell death protein|Cell death protein]] | |||
== References == | |||
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[[Category: Caenorhabditis elegans]] | [[Category: Caenorhabditis elegans]] | ||
[[Category: Jeffrey, P D | [[Category: Jeffrey, P D]] | ||
[[Category: Shi, Y G | [[Category: Shi, Y G]] | ||
[[Category: Xu, Y | [[Category: Xu, Y]] | ||
[[Category: Caspase]] | [[Category: Caspase]] | ||
[[Category: Ced-4]] | [[Category: Ced-4]] | ||
[[Category: Hydrolase]] | [[Category: Hydrolase]] | ||
[[Category: Protease]] | [[Category: Protease]] | ||
