3UBH

Crystal structure of Drosophila N-cadherin EC1-4


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.70 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.276 
  • R-Value Work: 0.206 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.209 

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Literature

Crystal structures of Drosophila N-cadherin ectodomain regions reveal a widely used class of Ca2+-free interdomain linkers.

Jin, X.Walker, M.A.Felsovalyi, K.Vendome, J.Bahna, F.Mannepalli, S.Cosmanescu, F.Ahlsen, G.Honig, B.Shapiro, L.

(2012) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109: E127-E134

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1117538108
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3UBF, 3UBG, 3UBH

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Vertebrate classical cadherins mediate selective calcium-dependent cell adhesion by mechanisms now understood at the atomic level. However, structures and adhesion mechanisms of cadherins from invertebrates, which are highly divergent yet function in similar roles, remain unknown. Here we present crystal structures of three- and four-tandem extracellular cadherin (EC) domain segments from Drosophila N-cadherin (DN-cadherin), each including the predicted N-terminal EC1 domain (denoted EC1') of the mature protein. While the linker regions for the EC1'-EC2' and EC3'-EC4' pairs display binding of three Ca(2+) ions similar to that of vertebrate cadherins, domains EC2' and EC3' are joined in a "kinked" orientation by a previously uncharacterized Ca(2+)-free linker. Biophysical analysis demonstrates that a construct containing the predicted N-terminal nine EC domains of DN-cadherin forms homodimers with affinity similar to vertebrate classical cadherins, whereas deleting the ninth EC domain ablates dimerization. These results suggest that, unlike their vertebrate counterparts, invertebrate cadherins may utilize multiple EC domains to form intercellular adhesive bonds. Sequence analysis reveals that similar Ca(2+)-free linkers are widely distributed in the ectodomains of both vertebrate and invertebrate cadherins.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Neural-cadherin419Drosophila melanogasterMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: CadNCG7100
UniProt
Find proteins for O15943 (Drosophila melanogaster)
Explore O15943 
Go to UniProtKB:  O15943
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UniProt GroupO15943
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.70 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.276 
  • R-Value Work: 0.206 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.209 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 2
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 81.499α = 90
b = 126.656β = 90
c = 62.009γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
MAR345data collection
PHASERphasing
REFMACrefinement
HKL-2000data reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2011-12-21
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2012-01-18
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2013-06-26
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.3: 2014-11-12
    Changes: Structure summary
  • Version 1.4: 2017-11-08
    Changes: Refinement description
  • Version 1.5: 2024-02-28
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations