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Cell cycle PDB id
3hkb
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Contents
Protein chains
427 a.a. *
420 a.a. *
124 a.a. *
Ligands
GTP ×2
GDP ×2
Metals
_MG ×2
* Residue conservation analysis
PDB id:
3hkb
Name: Cell cycle
Title: Tubulin: rb3 stathmin-like domain complex
Structure: Tubulin alpha chain. Chain: a, c. Tubulin beta chain. Chain: b, d. Stathmin-4. Chain: e. Fragment: rb3 stathmin-like domain. Synonym: stathmin-like protein b3, rb3. Engineered: yes
Source: Ovis aries. Sheep. Organism_taxid: 9940. Organ: brain. Rattus norvegicus. Rat. Organism_taxid: 10116. Gene: stmn4. Expressed in: escherichia coli bl21(de3).
Resolution:
3.65Å     R-factor:   0.216     R-free:   0.254
Authors: A.Dorleans,B.Gigant,R.B.G.Ravelli,P.Mailliet,V.Mikol,M.Knoss
Key ref: A.Dorléans et al. (2009). Variations in the colchicine-binding domain provide insight into the structural switch of tubulin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 106, 13775-13779. PubMed id: 19666559
Date:
23-May-09     Release date:   01-Sep-09    
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Protein chains
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
D0VWZ0  (D0VWZ0_SHEEP) -  Tubulin alpha chain
Seq:
Struc:
451 a.a.
427 a.a.
Protein chains
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
D0VWY9  (D0VWY9_SHEEP) -  Tubulin beta chain
Seq:
Struc:
445 a.a.
420 a.a.
Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P63043  (STMN4_RAT) -  Stathmin-4
Seq:
Struc:
189 a.a.
124 a.a.*
Key:    PfamA domain  Secondary structure
* PDB and UniProt seqs differ at 1 residue position (black cross)

 Gene Ontology (GO) functional annotation 
  GO annot!
  Cellular component     protein complex   4 terms 
  Biological process     intracellular signal transduction   5 terms 
  Biochemical function     structural molecule activity     4 terms  

 

 
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:13775-13779 (2009)
PubMed id: 19666559  
 
 
Variations in the colchicine-binding domain provide insight into the structural switch of tubulin.
A.Dorléans, B.Gigant, R.B.Ravelli, P.Mailliet, V.Mikol, M.Knossow.
 
  ABSTRACT  
 
Structural changes occur in the alphabeta-tubulin heterodimer during the microtubule assembly/disassembly cycle. Their most prominent feature is a transition from a straight, microtubular structure to a curved structure. There is a broad range of small molecule compounds that disturbs the microtubule cycle, a class of which targets the colchicine-binding site and prevents microtubule assembly. This class includes compounds with very different chemical structures, and it is presently unknown whether they prevent tubulin polymerization by the same mechanism. To address this issue, we have determined the structures of tubulin complexed with a set of such ligands and show that they interfere with several of the movements of tubulin subunits structural elements upon its transition from curved to straight. We also determined the structure of tubulin unliganded at the colchicine site; this reveals that a beta-tubulin loop (termed T7) flips into this site. As with colchicine site ligands, this prevents a helix which is at the interface with alpha-tubulin from stacking onto a beta-tubulin beta sheet as in straight protofilaments. Whereas in the presence of these ligands the interference with microtubule assembly gets frozen, by flipping in and out the beta-subunit T7 loop participates in a reversible way in the resistance to straightening that opposes microtubule assembly. Our results suggest that it thereby contributes to microtubule dynamic instability.
 

Literature references that cite this PDB file's key reference

  PubMed id Reference
21082139 D.J.Edwards, J.A.Hadfield, T.W.Wallace, and S.Ducki (2011).
Tubulin-binding dibenz[c,e]oxepines as colchinol analogues for targeting tumour vasculature.
  Org Biomol Chem, 9, 219-231.  
21397510 N.M.O'Boyle, L.M.Greene, O.Bergin, J.B.Fichet, T.McCabe, D.G.Lloyd, D.M.Zisterer, and M.J.Meegan (2011).
Synthesis, evaluation and structural studies of antiproliferative tubulin-targeting azetidin-2-ones.
  Bioorg Med Chem, 19, 2306-2325.  
21381049 R.A.Stanton, K.M.Gernert, J.H.Nettles, and R.Aneja (2011).
Drugs that target dynamic microtubules: a new molecular perspective.
  Med Res Rev, 31, 443-481.  
21344518 R.Alvarez, V.López, C.Mateo, M.Medarde, and R.Peláez (2011).
New para-para Stilbenophanes: Synthesis by McMurry Coupling, Conformational Analysis and Inhibition of Tubulin Polymerisation.
  Chemistry, 17, 3406-3419.  
20974813 F.J.Fourniol, C.V.Sindelar, B.Amigues, D.K.Clare, G.Thomas, M.Perderiset, F.Francis, A.Houdusse, and C.A.Moores (2010).
Template-free 13-protofilament microtubule-MAP assembly visualized at 8 A resolution.
  J Cell Biol, 191, 463-470.
PDB code: 2xrp
20229567 N.Nicolaus, J.Zapke, P.Riesterer, J.M.Neudörfl, A.Prokop, H.Oschkinat, and H.G.Schmalz (2010).
Azides derived from colchicine and their use in library synthesis: A practical entry to new bioactive derivatives of an old natural drug.
  ChemMedChem, 5, 661-665.  
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