2QRZ

Cdc42 bound to GMP-PCP: Induced Fit by Effector is Required


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.40 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.263 
  • R-Value Work: 0.234 

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Literature

Effector Proteins Exert an Important Influence on the Signaling-active State of the Small GTPase Cdc42.

Phillips, M.J.Calero, G.Chan, B.Ramachandran, S.Cerione, R.A.

(2008) J Biol Chem 283: 14153-14164

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M706271200
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    2QRZ

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    GTP-binding (G) proteins regulate the flow of information in cellular signaling pathways by alternating between a GTP-bound "active" state and a GDP-bound "inactive" state. Cdc42, a member of the Rho family of Ras-related small G-proteins, plays key roles in the regulation of cell shape, motility, and growth. Here we describe the high resolution x-ray crystal structure for Cdc42 bound to the GTP analog guanylyl beta,gamma-methylene-diphosphonate (GMP-PCP) (i.e. the presumed signaling-active state) and show that it is virtually identical to the structures for the signaling-inactive, GDP-bound form of the protein, contrary to what has been reported for Ras and other G-proteins. Especially surprising was that the GMP-PCP- and GDP-bound forms of Cdc42 did not show detectable differences in their Switch I and Switch II loops. Fluorescence studies using a Cdc42 mutant in which a tryptophan residue was introduced at position 32 of Switch I also showed that there was little difference in the Switch I conformation between the GDP- and GMP-PCP-bound states (i.e. <10%), which again differed from Ras where much larger changes in Trp-32 fluorescence were observed when comparing these two nucleotide-bound states (>30%). However, the binding of an effector protein induced significant changes in the Trp-32 emission specifically from GMP-PCP-bound Cdc42, as well as in the phosphate resonances for GTP bound to this G-protein as indicated in NMR studies. An examination of the available structures for Cdc42 complexed to different effector proteins, versus the x-ray crystal structure for GMP-PCP-bound Cdc42, provides a possible explanation for how effectors can distinguish between the GTP- and GDP-bound forms of this G-protein and ensure that the necessary conformational changes for signal propagation occur.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Cell division control protein 42 homolog precursor
A, B
189Homo sapiensMutation(s): 8 
Gene Names: Cdc42
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Go to UniProtKB:  P60953
PHAROS:  P60953
GTEx:  ENSG00000070831 
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UniProt GroupP60953
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.40 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.263 
  • R-Value Work: 0.234 
  • Space Group: P 41 21 2
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 98.5α = 90
b = 98.5β = 90
c = 102.4γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
MOSFLMdata reduction
SCALAdata scaling
MOLREPphasing
CNSrefinement
PDB_EXTRACTdata extraction
ADSCdata collection

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Entry History 

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  • Version 1.0: 2008-03-18
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance