3WGW

Structure of PCNA bound to a small molecule inhibitor


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.80 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.221 
  • R-Value Work: 0.182 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.184 

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Literature

A small molecule inhibitor of monoubiquitinated Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA) inhibits repair of interstrand DNA cross-link, enhances DNA double strand break, and sensitizes cancer cells to cisplatin.

Inoue, A.Kikuchi, S.Hishiki, A.Shao, Y.Heath, R.Evison, B.J.Actis, M.Canman, C.E.Hashimoto, H.Fujii, N.

(2014) J Biol Chem 289: 7109-7120

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M113.520429
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3WGW

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Small molecule inhibitors of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA)/PCNA interacting protein box (PIP-Box) interactions, including T2 amino alcohol (T2AA), inhibit translesion DNA synthesis. The crystal structure of PCNA in complex with T2AA revealed that T2AA bound to the surface adjacent to the subunit interface of the homotrimer of PCNA in addition to the PIP-box binding cavity. Because this site is close to Lys-164, which is monoubiquitinated by RAD18, we postulated that T2AA would affect monoubiquitinated PCNA interactions. Binding of monoubiquitinated PCNA and a purified pol η fragment containing the UBZ and PIP-box was inhibited by T2AA in vitro. T2AA decreased PCNA/pol η and PCNA/REV1 chromatin colocalization but did not inhibit PCNA monoubiquitination, suggesting that T2AA hinders interactions of pol η and REV1 with monoubiquitinated PCNA. Interstrand DNA cross-links (ICLs) are repaired by mechanisms using translesion DNA synthesis that is regulated by monoubiquitinated PCNA. T2AA significantly delayed reactivation of a reporter plasmid containing an ICL. Neutral comet analysis of cells receiving T2AA in addition to cisplatin revealed that T2AA significantly enhanced formation of DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) by cisplatin. T2AA promoted colocalized foci formation of phospho-ATM and 53BP1 and up-regulated phospho-BRCA1 in cisplatin-treated cells, suggesting that T2AA increases DSBs. When cells were treated by cisplatin and T2AA, their clonogenic survival was significantly less than that of those treated by cisplatin only. These findings show that the inhibitors of monoubiquitinated PCNA chemosensitize cells by inhibiting repair of ICLs and DSBs.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38138.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Proliferating cell nuclear antigen
A, B
261Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: PCNA
UniProt & NIH Common Fund Data Resources
Find proteins for P12004 (Homo sapiens)
Explore P12004 
Go to UniProtKB:  P12004
PHAROS:  P12004
GTEx:  ENSG00000132646 
Entity Groups  
Sequence Clusters30% Identity50% Identity70% Identity90% Identity95% Identity100% Identity
UniProt GroupP12004
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.80 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.221 
  • R-Value Work: 0.182 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.184 
  • Space Group: P 41 3 2
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 192.173α = 90
b = 192.173β = 90
c = 192.173γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
REFMACrefinement

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2014-02-05
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2019-12-25
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2023-11-08
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Refinement description