3v6m | pdb_00003v6m

Inhibition of caspase-6 activity by single mutation outside the active site

spinqualitylabelsall models 3v6m, resolution 2.69Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 3v6m is a 8 chain structure with sequence from Human. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Related: 3v6l, 3nr2, 3od5 Gene: CASP6 (HUMAN) Activity: Caspase-6, with EC number 3.4.22.59 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 The apoptotic effector caspase-6 (CASP6) has been clearly identified as a drug target due to its strong association with neurodegeneration and axonal pruning events as well as its crucial roles in Huntington disease and Alzheimer disease. CASP6 activity is suppressed by ARK5-mediated phosphorylation at Ser(257) with an unclear mechanism. In this work, we solved crystal structures of DeltaproCASP6S257E and p20/p10S257E, which mimicked the phosphorylated CASP6 zymogen and activated CASP6, respectively. The structural investigation combined with extensive biochemical assay and molecular dynamics simulation studies revealed that phosphorylation on Ser(257) inhibited self-activation of CASP6 zymogen by "locking" the enzyme in the TEVD(193)-bound "inhibited state." The structural and biochemical results also showed that phosphorylation on Ser(257) inhibited the CASP6 activity by steric hindrance. These results disclosed the inhibition mechanism of CASP6 phosphorylation and laid the foundation for a new strategy of rational CASP6 drug design. Inhibitory mechanism of caspase-6 phosphorylation revealed by crystal structures, molecular dynamics simulations, and biochemical assays.,Cao Q, Wang XJ, Liu CW, Liu DF, Li LF, Gao YQ, Su XD J Biol Chem. 2012 May 4;287(19):15371-9. Epub 2012 Mar 20. PMID:22433863 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Caspase

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