4fxo

Zinc-mediated allosteric inhibiton of caspase-6

spinqualitylabelsall models 4fxo, resolution 2.85Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 4fxo is a 4 chain structure with sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: ZN Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function CASP6_HUMAN Involved in the activation cascade of caspases responsible for apoptosis execution. Cleaves poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase in vitro, as well as lamins. Overexpression promotes programmed cell death. Publication Abstract from PubMed Zinc and caspase-6 have independently been implicated in several neurodegenerative disorders. Depletion of zinc intracellularly leads to apoptosis by an unknown mechanism. Zinc inhibits cysteine proteases including the apoptotic caspases, leading to the hypothesis that zinc-mediated inhibition of caspase-6 might contribute to its regulation in a neurodegenerative context. Using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy we observed that caspase-6 binds one zinc per monomer, under the same conditions where the zinc leads to complete loss of enzymatic activity. To understand the molecular details of zinc binding and inhibition, we performed an anomalous diffraction experiment above the zinc edge. The anomalous difference maps showed strong 5sigma peaks, indicating the presence of one zinc per monomer bound at an exosite distal from the active site. Zinc was not observed bound to the active site. The zinc in the exosite is liganded by K36, E244, and H287 with a water molecule serving as the fourth ligand, forming a distorted tetrahedral ligation sphere. This exosite appears to be unique to caspase-6, as the residues involved in zinc binding are not conserved across the caspase family. Our data suggest that binding of zinc at the exosite is the primary route of inhibition, potentially locking caspase-6 into the inactive helical conformation. Zinc-Mediated Allosteric Inhibition of Caspase-6.,Velazquez-Delgado EM, Hardy JA J Biol Chem. 2012 Aug 13. PMID:22891250 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Caspase 3D structures

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