Download MendeleyNative interface of the SAM domain polymer of TEL.
Tran, H.H., Kim, C.A.(2002) BMC Struct Biol 2: 5-5
- PubMed: 12193272
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6807-2-5
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
1LKY - PubMed Abstract:
TEL is a transcriptional repressor containing a SAM domain that forms a helical polymer. In a number of hematologic malignancies, chromosomal translocations lead to aberrant fusions of TEL-SAM to a variety of other proteins, including many tyrosine kinases. TEL-SAM polymerization results in constitutive activation of the tyrosine kinase domains to which it becomes fused, leading to cell transformation. Thus, inhibitors of TEL-SAM self-association could abrogate transformation in these cells. In previous work, we determined the structure of a mutant TEL-SAM polymer bearing a Val to Glu substitution in center of the subunit interface. It remained unclear how much the mutation affected the architecture of the polymer, however.
Organizational Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA Laboratory of Structural Biology and Molecular Medicine, Molecular Biology Institute, 90095-1570, USA. htran@mbi.ucla.edu
