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PDBsum entry 2wx0

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2wx0
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Protein chains
72 a.a.
31 a.a.
30 a.a.
Metals
_ZN ×2
Waters ×103

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Title Two-Sided ubiquitin binding explains specificity of the tab2 nzf domain.
Authors Y.Kulathu, M.Akutsu, A.Bremm, K.Hofmann, D.Komander.
Ref. Nat Struct Biol, 2009, 16, 1328-1330. [DOI no: 10.1038/nsmb.1731]
PubMed id 19935683
Abstract
The protein kinase TAK1 is activated by binding to Lys63 (K63)-linked ubiquitin chains through its subunit TAB2. Here we analyze crystal structures of the TAB2 NZF domain bound to Lys63-linked di- and triubiquitin, revealing that TAB2 binds adjacent ubiquitin moieties via two distinct binding sites. The conformational constraints imposed by TAB2 on a Lys63 dimer cannot be adopted by linear chains, explaining why TAK1 cannot be activated by linear ubiquitination events.
Figure 1.
(a) Structure of TAB2 (red, zinc as yellow sphere coordinated by orange cysteine residues) bound to diubiquitin (green, distal Ub; cyan, proximal Ub). Ile44, Val70 and Leu8 are shown as blue sticks. 2|F[0]| – |F[c]| electron density at 1 covers Gly75, Gly76 and Lys63. (b) Selected residues of TAB2 interacting with ubiquitin are shown in orange. Dotted lines indicate hydrogen bonds. (c) Arrangement of diubiquitin complexes in the crystallographic lattice; two asymmetric units are shown. A dotted line indicates where the continuous chain can form. A schematic illustrates how the triubiquitin complex is arranged in the crystal lattice.
Figure 3.
(a) Binding of TAB2 NZF to Lys63-linked and linear (Lin) di- and tetraubiquitin. (b) Close-up of the Lys63 linkage showing the position of Met1 at 10.8 Å distance. (c) Binding of TAB2 NZF to Lys63- and Lys48-linked di- and tetraubiquitin. (d) Comparison of TAB2–Lys63-diubiquitin and hHR23A UBA2–Lys48-diubiquitin (PDB 1ZO6 (ref. 8)). (e) Superposition of the distal ubiquitin moieties (dark green) from d, with TAB2 shown. Because of the flexible isopeptide linker, the proximal ubiquitin of Lys48-diubiquitin (light green) can rotate to adopt a similar conformation as Lys63-diubiquitin on TAB2 (see also Supplementary Fig. 6).
The above figures are reprinted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Nat Struct Biol (2009, 16, 1328-1330) copyright 2009.
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