Download MendeleyThe crystal structure of a partial mouse Notch-1 ankyrin domain: repeats 4 through 7 preserve an ankyrin fold.
Lubman, O.Y., Kopan, R., Waksman, G., Korolev, S.(2005) Protein Sci 14: 1274-1281
- PubMed: 15802643
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1110/ps.041184105
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1YMP - PubMed Abstract:
Folding and stability of proteins containing ankyrin repeats (ARs) is of great interest because they mediate numerous protein-protein interactions involved in a wide range of regulatory cellular processes. Notch, an ankyrin domain containing protein, signals by converting a transcriptional repression complex into an activation complex. The Notch ANK domain is essential for Notch function and contains seven ARs. Here, we present the 2.2 A crystal structure of ARs 4-7 from mouse Notch 1 (m1ANK). These C-terminal repeats were resistant to degradation during crystallization, and their secondary and tertiary structures are maintained in the absence of repeats 1-3. The crystallized fragment adopts a typical ankyrin fold including the poorly conserved seventh AR, as seen in the Drosophila Notch ANK domain (dANK). The structural preservation and stability of the C-terminal repeats shed a new light onto the mechanism of hetero-oligomeric assembly during Notch-mediated transcriptional activation.
Organizational Affiliation:
Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
