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==Activity== | ==Activity== | ||
The cytoskeletal network contains Cytoskeleton-Associated Proteins (CAPs), including CLIP-170 and dynactins, that function in the organization of microtubules and in the transportation of vesicles and organelles. CAPs that bind to the +end of microtubules generally contain one or more glycine-rich domains with a well-conserved GKNDG sequence motif<ref>PMID:8480366</ref>, presumably involved in protein-protein binding. | The cytoskeletal network contains Cytoskeleton-Associated Proteins (CAPs), including CLIP-170 and dynactins, that function in the organization of microtubules and in the transportation of vesicles and organelles. CAPs that bind to the +end of microtubules generally contain one or more glycine-rich domains ("CAP-Gly" domains) with a well-conserved GKNDG sequence motif<ref>PMID:8480366</ref>, presumably involved in protein-protein binding. | ||
==Structure== | ==Structure== | ||
The first crystal structure of a CAP-Gly domain (PDP file [[1lpl]]), from | The first crystal structure of a CAP-Gly domain (PDP file [[1lpl]]), from C. elegans protein F53F4.3, revealed a novel protein fold containing a small 5-strand antiparallel beta-barrel, several loops, and an N-terminal helix. The GKNDG sequence is in two consecutive turns of a surface loop, at one side of a groove (as shown in image at left). The groove is lined by a large, concave patch of residues highly conserved among the related sequences<ref>PMID:12221106</ref>. In the crystal, a dimer is formed by binding of the C-terminus of each chain into the GKNDG groove of the other chain. | ||
[[1tov|1TOV]] is a rebuilt and re-refined version of the same dataset from [[1lpl| 1LPL]], giving an improvement of about 4% in Rfree, identifying a sulfate (seen in both 2D and interactive images), and adding 3 more residues of ordered helix toward the N-terminal end of the domain fragment. Both are from the SouthEast Collaboratory for Structural Genomics (SECSG), solved by single wavelength sulfur-anomalous phasing. The new [[1tov]] structure was produced as part of a systematic 30-structure test of the then-new MolProbity methods for diagnosing and correcting problems in crystallographic models<ref>PMID:15965733</ref>. | [[1tov|1TOV]] is a rebuilt and re-refined version of the same dataset from [[1lpl| 1LPL]], giving an improvement of about 4% in Rfree, identifying a sulfate near the groove (seen in both 2D and interactive images), and adding 3 more residues of ordered helix toward the N-terminal end of the domain fragment. Both are from the SouthEast Collaboratory for Structural Genomics (SECSG), solved by single wavelength sulfur-anomalous phasing. The new [[1tov]] structure was produced as part of a systematic 30-structure test of the then-new MolProbity methods for diagnosing and correcting problems in crystallographic models<ref>PMID:15965733</ref>. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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