2ljx | pdb_00002ljx
From Proteopedia
Structure of the monomeric N-terminal domain of HPV16 E6 oncoprotein
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Structural highlights2ljx is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Human papillomavirus. Full experimental information is available from OCA. Publication Abstract from PubMedThe viral oncoprotein E6 is an essential factor for cervical cancers induced by "high-risk" mucosal HPV. Among other oncogenic activities, E6 recruits the ubiquitin ligase E6AP to promote the ubiquitination and subsequent proteasomal degradation of p53. E6 is prone to self-association, which long precluded its structural analysis. Here we found that E6 specifically dimerizes through its N-terminal domain and that disruption of the dimer interface strongly increases E6 solubility. This allowed us to raise structural data covering the entire HPV16 E6 protein, including the high-resolution NMR structures of the two zinc-binding domains of E6 and a robust data-driven model structure of the N-terminal domain homodimer. Interestingly, homodimer interface mutations that disrupt E6 self-association also inactivate E6-mediated p53 degradation. These data suggest that E6 needs to self-associate via its N-terminal domain to promote the polyubiquitination of p53 by E6AP. Solution Structure Analysis of the HPV16 E6 Oncoprotein Reveals a Self-Association Mechanism Required for E6-Mediated Degradation of p53.,Zanier K, Ould M'hamed Ould Sidi A, Boulade-Ladame C, Rybin V, Chappelle A, Atkinson A, Kieffer B, Trave G Structure. 2012 Apr 4;20(4):604-17. Epub 2012 Apr 3. PMID:22483108[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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