1g88 | pdb_00001g88
S4AFL3ARG515 MUTANT
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| 1g88, resolution 3.00Å | |||||||||||||
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| Related: | 1DD1
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| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, PDBsum, RCSB | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | save as pdb, mmCIF, xml | ||||||||||||
Overview
Smad proteins mediate the transforming growth factor beta responses. C-terminal phosphorylation of R-Smads leads to the recruitment of Smad4 and the formation of active signaling complexes. We investigated the mechanism of phosphorylation-induced Smad complex formation with an activating pseudo-phosphorylated Smad3. Pseudo-phosphorylated Smad3 has a greater propensity to homotrimerize, and recruits Smad4 to form a heterotrimer containing two Smad3 and one Smad4. The trimeric interaction is mediated through conserved interfaces to which tumorigenic mutations map. Furthermore, a conserved Arg residue within the L3 loop, located near the C-terminal phosphorylation sites of the neighboring subunit, is essential for trimerization. We propose that the phosphorylated C-terminal residues interact with the L3 loop of the neighboring subunit to stabilize the trimer interaction.
About this Structure
1G88 is a Single protein structure of sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
The L3 loop and C-terminal phosphorylation jointly define Smad protein trimerization., Chacko BM, Qin B, Correia JJ, Lam SS, de Caestecker MP, Lin K, Nat Struct Biol. 2001 Mar;8(3):248-53. PMID:11224571
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