Download MendeleyStructural Analysis of Ww Domains and Design of a Ww Prototype
Macias, M.J., Gervais, V., Civera, C., Oschkinat, H.(2000) Nat Struct Biol 7: 375
- PubMed: 10802733
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/75144
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
1E0L, 1E0M, 1E0N - PubMed Abstract:
Two new NMR structures of WW domains, the mouse formin binding protein and a putative 84.5 kDa protein from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, show that this domain, only 35 amino acids in length, defines the smallest monomeric triple-stranded antiparallel beta-sheet protein domain that is stable in the absence of disulfide bonds, tightly bound ions or ligands. The structural roles of conserved residues have been studied using site-directed mutagenesis of both wild type domains. Crucial interactions responsible for the stability of the WW structure have been identified. Based on a network of highly conserved long range interactions across the beta-sheet structure that supports the WW fold and on a systematic analysis of conserved residues in the WW family, we have designed a folded prototype WW sequence.
Organizational Affiliation:
Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 4, 10315 Berlin, Germany. macias@EMBL-Heidelberg.de
