2MZ7

Structure of Tau(267-312) bound to Microtubules

Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: SOLUTION NMR
  • Conformers Calculated: 200 
  • Conformers Submitted: 20 
  • Selection Criteria: structures with the lowest energy 

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Literature

Folding of the Tau Protein on Microtubules.

Kadavath, H., Jaremko, M., Jaremko, M., Biernat, J., Mandelkow, E., Zweckstetter, M.

(2015) Angew.Chem.Int.Ed.Engl. 54: 10347-10351

  • DOI: 10.1002/anie.201501714

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    • Microtubules are regulated by microtubule-associated proteins. However, little is known about the structure of microtubule-associated proteins in complex with microtubules. Herein we show that the microtubule-associated protein Tau, which is intrinsi ...

    Microtubules are regulated by microtubule-associated proteins. However, little is known about the structure of microtubule-associated proteins in complex with microtubules. Herein we show that the microtubule-associated protein Tau, which is intrinsically disordered in solution, locally folds into a stable structure upon binding to microtubules. While Tau is highly flexible in solution and adopts a β-sheet structure in amyloid fibrils, in complex with microtubules the conserved hexapeptides at the beginning of the Tau repeats two and three convert into a hairpin conformation. Thus, binding to microtubules stabilizes a unique conformation in Tau.

    Organizational Affiliation: 

    Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen (Germany).




Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetails
Microtubule-associated protein tau
A
46Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: MAPT (MAPTL, MTBT1, TAU)
Find proteins for P10636 (Homo sapiens)
Go to Gene View: MAPT
Go to UniProtKB:  P10636
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: SOLUTION NMR
  • Conformers Calculated: 200 
  • Conformers Submitted: 20 
  • Selection Criteria: structures with the lowest energy 

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History 

  • Version 1.0: 2015-07-08
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2015-09-02
    Type: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2018-01-31
    Type: Database references