2YIN

STRUCTURE OF THE COMPLEX BETWEEN Dock2 AND Rac1.

Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.7 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.255 
  • R-Value Work: 0.203 

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Literature

Multiple Factors Confer Specific Cdc42 and Rac Protein Activation by Dedicator of Cytokinesis (Dock) Nucleotide Exchange Factors.

Kulkarni, K., Yang, J., Zhang, Z., Barford, D.

(2011) J.Biol.Chem. 286: 25341

  • DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.236455

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    • DOCK (dedicator of cytokinesis) guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) activate the Rho-family GTPases Rac and Cdc42 to control cell migration, morphogenesis, and phagocytosis. The DOCK A and B subfamilies activate Rac, whereas the DOCK D subfami ...

    DOCK (dedicator of cytokinesis) guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) activate the Rho-family GTPases Rac and Cdc42 to control cell migration, morphogenesis, and phagocytosis. The DOCK A and B subfamilies activate Rac, whereas the DOCK D subfamily activates Cdc42. Nucleotide exchange is catalyzed by a conserved DHR2 domain (DOCK(DHR2)). Although the molecular basis for DOCK(DHR2)-mediated GTPase activation has been elucidated through structures of a DOCK9(DHR2)-Cdc42 complex, the factors determining recognition of specific GTPases are unknown. To understand the molecular basis for DOCK-GTPase specificity, we have determined the crystal structure of DOCK2(DHR2) in complex with Rac1. DOCK2(DHR2) and DOCK9(DHR2) exhibit similar tertiary structures and homodimer interfaces and share a conserved GTPase-activating mechanism. Multiple structural differences between DOCK2(DHR2) and DOCK9(DHR2) account for their selectivity toward Rac1 and Cdc42. Key determinants of selectivity of Cdc42 and Rac for their cognate DOCK(DHR2) are a Phe or Trp residue within β3 (residue 56) and the ability of DOCK proteins to exploit differences in the GEF-induced conformational changes of switch 1 dependent on a divergent residue at position 27. DOCK proteins, therefore, differ from DH-PH GEFs that select their cognate GTPases through recognition of structural differences within the β2/β3 strands.

    Organizational Affiliation: 

    Section of Structural Biology, Institute of Cancer Research, Chester Beatty Laboratories, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, United Kingdom.




Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetails
DEDICATOR OF CYTOKINESIS PROTEIN 2
A, B
436Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: DOCK2 (KIAA0209)
Find proteins for Q92608 (Homo sapiens)
Go to Gene View: DOCK2
Go to UniProtKB:  Q92608
Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetails
RAS-RELATED C3 BOTULINUM TOXIN SUBSTRATE 1
C, D
196Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: RAC1 (TC25)
Find proteins for P63000 (Homo sapiens)
Go to Gene View: RAC1
Go to UniProtKB:  P63000
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.7 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.255 
  • R-Value Work: 0.203 
  • Space Group: P 1 21 1
Unit Cell:
Length (Å)Angle (°)
a = 68.510α = 90.00
b = 98.610β = 99.64
c = 130.130γ = 90.00
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
SCALAdata scaling
MOSFLMdata reduction
PHENIXrefinement
PHASERphasing

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History 

  • Version 1.0: 2011-05-25
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-07-27
    Type: Database references, Version format compliance