Structure of the human discs large 1 pdz2 - adenomatous polyposis coli cytoskeletal polarity complex
Structure:
Disks large homolog 1. Chain: a. Fragment: pdz2, unp residues 310-407. Synonym: synapse-associated protein 97, sap-97, sap97, hdlg. Engineered: yes. Adenomatous polyposis coli protein. Chain: b. Fragment: apc c-terminal peptide, unp residues 2833-2843. Synonym: protein apc, deleted in polyposis 2.5.
Source:
Homo sapiens. Human. Organism_taxid: 9606. Gene: dlg1. Expressed in: escherichia coli. Expression_system_taxid: 469008. Synthetic: yes. Other_details: adenomatous polyposis coli (apc) c-terminal 11 residues synthesized with n-terminal tetramethyl rhodamine tag
Resolution:
2.00Å
R-factor:
0.172
R-free:
0.183
Authors:
K.C.Slep
Key ref:
K.C.Slep
(2012).
Structure of the human discs large 1 PDZ2- adenomatous polyposis coli cytoskeletal polarity complex: insight into peptide engagement and PDZ clustering.
Plos One,
7,
e50097.
PubMed id: 23185543
Structure of the human discs large 1 PDZ2- adenomatous polyposis coli cytoskeletal polarity complex: insight into peptide engagement and PDZ clustering.
K.C.Slep.
ABSTRACT
The membrane associated guanylate kinase (MAGUK) family member, human Discs
Large 1 (hDlg1) uses a PDZ domain array to interact with the polarity
determinant, the Adenomatous Polyposis Coli (APC) microtubule plus end binding
protein. The hDLG1-APC complex mediates a dynamic attachment between microtubule
plus ends and polarized cortical determinants in epithelial cells, stem cells,
and neuronal synapses. Using its multi-domain architecture, hDlg1 both scaffolds
and regulates the polarity factors it engages. Molecular details underlying the
hDlg1-APC interaction and insight into how the hDlg1 PDZ array may cluster and
regulate its binding factors remain to be determined. Here, I present the
crystal structure of the hDlg1 PDZ2-APC complex and the molecular determinants
that mediate APC binding. The hDlg1 PDZ2-APC complex also provides insight into
potential modes of ligand-dependent PDZ domain clustering that may parallel Dlg
scaffold regulatory mechanisms. The hDlg1 PDZ2-APC complex presented here
represents a core biological complex that bridges polarized cortical
determinants with the dynamic microtubule cytoskeleton.