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Hydrolase/hydrolase inhibitor PDB id
1qtn
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Contents
Protein chains
152 a.a. *
90 a.a. *
Ligands
ACE-ILE-GLU-THR-
ASA
DTD ×2
Waters ×332
* Residue conservation analysis
PDB id:
1qtn
Name: Hydrolase/hydrolase inhibitor
Title: Crystal structure of the complex of caspase-8 with the tetra inhibitor ace-ietd-aldehyde
Structure: Caspase-8. Chain: a. Fragment: p18 fragment. Engineered: yes. Caspase-8. Chain: b. Fragment: p11 fragment. Engineered: yes. Acetyl-ile-glu-thr-asp-aldehyde.
Source: Homo sapiens. Human. Organism_taxid: 9606. Expressed in: escherichia coli. Expression_system_taxid: 562. Synthetic: yes. Other_details: chemically synthesized
Biol. unit: Hexamer (from PDB file)
Resolution:
1.20Å     R-factor:   0.166     R-free:   0.188
Authors: W.Watt,K.D.Watenpaugh
Key ref:
W.Watt et al. (1999). The atomic-resolution structure of human caspase-8, a key activator of apoptosis. Structure, 7, 1135-1143. PubMed id: 10508785 DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(99)80180-4
Date:
28-Jun-99     Release date:   20-Sep-00    
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Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
Q14790  (CASP8_HUMAN) -  Caspase-8
Seq:
Struc: 		479 a.a.
152 a.a.
Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
Q14790  (CASP8_HUMAN) -  Caspase-8
Seq:
Struc: 		479 a.a.
90 a.a.
Key:    PfamA domain  Secondary structure  CATH domain

 Enzyme reactions 
   Enzyme class: Chains A, B: E.C.3.4.22.61  - Caspase-8.
[IntEnz]   [ExPASy]   [KEGG]   [BRENDA]
 Gene Ontology (GO) functional annotation 
  GO annot!
  Biological process     apoptosis   2 terms 
  Biochemical function     cysteine-type peptidase activity     2 terms  

 

 
DOI no: 10.1016/S0969-2126(99)80180-4 Structure 7:1135-1143 (1999)
PubMed id: 10508785  
 
 
The atomic-resolution structure of human caspase-8, a key activator of apoptosis.
W.Watt, K.A.Koeplinger, A.M.Mildner, R.L.Heinrikson, A.G.Tomasselli, K.D.Watenpaugh.
 
  ABSTRACT  
 
BACKGROUND: Caspases are a family of cysteine proteases that have important intracellular roles in inflammation and apoptosis. Caspase-8 activates downstream caspases which are unable to carry out autocatalytic processing and activation. Caspase-8 is designated as an initiator caspase and is believed to sit at the apex of the Fas- or TNF-mediated apoptotic cascade. In view of this role, the enzyme is an attractive target for the design of inhibitors aimed at blocking the undesirable cell death associated with a range of degenerative disorders. RESULTS: The structure of recombinant human caspase-8, covalently modified with the inhibitor acetyl-Ile-Glu-Thr-Asp-aldehyde, has been determined by X-ray crystallography to 1.2 A resolution. The asymmetric unit contains the p18-p11 heterodimer; the biologically important molecule contains two dimers. The overall fold is very similar to that of caspase-1 and caspase-3, but significant differences exist in the substrate-binding region. The structure answers questions about the enzyme-inhibitor complex that could not be explained from earlier caspase structures solved at lower resolution. CONCLUSIONS: The catalytic triad in caspase-8 comprises Cys360, His317 and the backbone carbonyl oxygen atom of Arg258, which points towards the Nepsilon atom of His317. The oxygen atom attached to the tetrahedral carbon in the thiohemiacetal group of the inhibitor is hydrogen bonded to Ndelta of His317, and is not in a region characteristic of a classical 'oxyanion hole'. The N-acetyl group of the inhibitor is in the trans configuration. The caspase-8-inhibitor structure provides the basis for understanding structure/function relationships in this important initiator of the proteolytic cascade that leads to programmed cell death.
 
  Selected figure(s)  
 
Figure 4.
Figure 4. Molecular surface representation of (a) caspase-8 and (b) caspase-3 generated using the program GRASP [37] and viewed down the twofold axis. Areas of negative and positive electrostatic potential are shown in red and blue, respectively. The surface is viewed approximately parallel to the twofold axis. The central cavities are outlined in black and the tetrapeptide inhibitors and dithiane-diol molecules are shown as stick models. (c) Close-up view of the electron density of the dithiane-diol molecule located in the central cavity of caspase-8.
 
  The above figure is reprinted by permission from Cell Press: Structure (1999, 7, 1135-1143) copyright 1999.  
  Figure was selected by the author.  

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